Tourist Couple Arrested in Dubai After Doctor Discovers Woman is Pregnant

Iryna Nohai, 27, and Emlyn Culverwell, 29, a tourist couple, were enjoying their holiday in the beautiful city of Dubai, when Iryna started having stomach cramps. Emlyn, originally from South Africa, took his Ukranian fiancé to the hospital for a check up. After routine procedures, the doctor in charge found out that Iryna was pregnant. The doctor is said to have notified the authorities she was pregnant and the couple were unmarried.

The case was apparently handed to police who arrested the couple for having sex before marriage, which is listed as a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates.

Mirror reports that Emyln’s mother, Linda, spoke to Netwek24 saying that everytime they tried to find out what was going on with their children it felt as though they had hit a brick wall. She also said that both sides of the family have been desperately searching for answers as to what happens next.

Formal charges have not yet been brought up against the couple, but allegedly Iryna is  undergoing tests in order for the authorities to determine how long she has been sexually active.

“For heaven’s sake, how can they supposedly determine that? It must feel as if she is being raped by the authorities.” Linda said

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She also shared her concerns, stating that the signs of her soon to be daughter-in-laws cramps could be a sign of a miscarriage.

“I can imagine the hell she is going through. The only thing they did wrong was fall in love – it makes no sense. All the Department of International Relations is prepared to say is that we have ‘to be patient’, but there are three lives at stake here.”