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British rape victim,’Victimized twice over’ in the UAE – British tourist Zara-Jayne Moisey, ‘gang raped’ in Dubai says “I’m petrified out here alone” after she’s arrested for extra-marital sex

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">British woman &&num;8216&semi;gang raped&&num;8217&semi; in Dubai says &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m petrified out here alone&&num;8221&semi; after she&&num;8217&semi;s arrested for extra-marital sex<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;"> <&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Zara-Jayne Moisey&comma; 25&comma; from Widnes&comma; was violently raped by by fellow Brits David Butlin&comma; 22&comma; and footballer Louis Harris&comma; 24&comma; in dubai last month<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Zara-Jayne reported the assault to police in the United Arab Emirates <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Instead of being treated as a victim&comma; Zara-Jayne who is single after splitting from her husband&comma; was locked up on suspicion of extra-marital sex <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Zara-Jayne Moisey who is in transit to Australia has been charged with sexual activity outside marriage&comma; her passport confiscated&comma; she faces a trial<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">She has spoken about her &&num;8220&semi;nightmare&&num;8221&semi; and is facing the risk of jail time in the Middle East after reporting the attack by two mindless compatriots <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">David Butlin and Louis Harris&comma; were booked and released on bail<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline">&NewLine;<h4><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-102724" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;zara-jayne-moisey6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"zara-jayne-moisey6" width&equals;"596" height&equals;"961" &sol;> <&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"content-column p402&lowbar;hide populated">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-body populated">&NewLine;<p>A British woman facing jail for extra-marital sex after reporting an alleged gang rape on holiday in Dubai has told of her &&num;8220&semi;nightmare&&num;8221&semi; and said she&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;petrified&&num;8221&semi;&period;  Two British men David Butlin&comma; 22&comma; and footballer Louis Harris&comma; 24&comma; allegedly attacked another British tourist&comma;25-year-old  Zara-Jayne Moisey  in at a hotel in Dubai&comma; last month&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; when she Zara-Jayne  told police in the United Arab Emirates she was violently raped by violently gang raped by the two men&comma; instead of being treated as a victim&comma; Zara&comma; who is single after splitting from her husband&comma; was locked up on suspicion of extra-marital sex and later charged with the offence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Moisey ended in the Middle East on transit to Australia&comma; but according to her family and friends&comma; Zara&&num;8217&semi;s passport has been confiscated and she now faces a trial&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her desperate family have now launched a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;help-zara-2w3hfxg">gofundme<&sol;a> appeal to raise the &dollar;31&comma;000 &lpar;£25&comma;000&rpar; required for her legal fees&period; So far&comma; slightly over half the amount&comma; &dollar;19&comma;000&comma; has been raised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"outer">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mod-image no-min-height"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-102731" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;zara-jayne-moisey3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"zara-jayne-moisey3" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"477" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"in-article-image"><strong><span class&equals;"caption">25-year-old Zara-Jayne is marooned in the Emirates after being sexually assaulted by fellow Brits&period; Zara says she misses her family<&sol;span> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Outow on bail in a safe house&comma; Zara spoke of her &&num;8220&semi;nightmare&&num;8221&semi; ordeal and admitted she is &&num;8220&semi;petrified&&num;8221&semi; and missing her family&period; She sent a message to her dad Chris Moisey thanking people for her support&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to say a huge thank you to everybody for supporting me&period; Without the loving&comma; kind and supportive words I couldn’t get through the long days&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s petrifying out here alone but I have to stay strong&period; There are many hurdles to cross and many emotional&comma; fearful times ahead&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The two alleged attackers&comma; David Butlin and Louis Harris  are also understood to have been arrested and bailed&period;  While Dubai police in the country reportedly&comma; are examing mobile phone footage of the alleged attack in the ongoing investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-102723" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;david-butlin-and-footballer-louis-harris-right-are-accused-of-attacking-zara&period;jpg" alt&equals;"david-butlin-and-footballer-louis-harris-right-are-accused-of-attacking-zara" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"960" &sol;><strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These two British men David Butlin &lpar;left&rpar;&comma; and footballer Louis Harris &lpar;right&rpar;&comma; allegedly&comma; violently assaulted Zara-Jayne Moisey at a hotel in Dubai&comma; last month&period; Both were booked and released on bail while UAE police continue the  investigation <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Zara was on holiday heading to Australia when the alleged attack took place posted a message to supporters on Facebook&comma; she wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m trying to stay positive and focused&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This helps me a lot because it makes me realize that you are all so loving and supportive and I feel like I&&num;8217&semi;m talking directly to each and every one of you&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I’m so overwhelmed by the amount of progress going into helping support me financially and lovingly&period; There are some very special people out there that have surprised me beyond belief and have brought tears to my eyes with such appreciation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Zara&comma; says she has been practicing yoga and volunteering at a local farm to try and stay calm&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The newly single Zara has thanked her parents for their indispensable emotional support through the ordeal&comma; writing about an emotional goodbye with her mum&comma; Zara said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My mum also left to go back home this week&period; It was so hard saying goodbye and as I hugged her I said &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m so sad because I don&&num;8217&semi;t know when I&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to hold onto you again&&num;8217&semi; we both cried but I told mum to be strong for the both of us&comma;” Zara wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She ends the message saying&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have so much love and appreciation of those who touch my heart everyday as they continue to talk to me&comma; support me and make me feel loved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-102721" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;zara-jayne-moisey2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"zara-jayne-moisey2" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"410" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"in-article-image"><strong><span class&equals;"caption">Sympathizers and members of the public who wish to help can visit this  <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;help-zara-2w3hfxg">gofundme<&sol;a>  page&comma; set up for Zara<&sol;span> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Thank you to everyone who has donated&&num;8230&semi;&period; my promise to you is to thank each and every individual at some point when this nightmare is over<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I miss my family so much&period; They send me pictures and there&&num;8217&semi;s nothing better than that to make me smile&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After posting an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;help-zara-2w3hfxg">online appeal <&sol;a>&comma; Zara&&num;8217&semi;s mum Sue Barber wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Please help my daughter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was raped while on holiday&period; She reported this to the police and now she is being held on the grounds of sexual activity outside marriage&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are not a rich family and cannot afford to pay for the defense she so desperately needs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am going out of my mind with worry&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-102716" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;dubai1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"dubai1" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"800" &sol;><strong>UAE has previously been criticized for its lack of empathy for victims of sexual attacks<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The murky interpretation of rape laws in the Emirates has long been the subject of controversy&period; Radha Stirling&comma; founder and director of the organization &&num;8216&semi;Detained in Dubai&&num;8217&semi;&comma; described the treatment of rape victims in the UAE as &&num;8220&semi;tremendously disturbing&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;The UAE has a long history of penalizing rape victims&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Police regularly fail to differentiate between consensual intercourse and violent rape&period; Victims go to them expecting justice&comma; and end up being prosecuted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;They not only invalidate their victimization&comma; they actually punish them for it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Foreign Commonwealth Office has confirmed it is &&num;8220&semi;supporting a British woman&&num;8221&semi; will &&num;8220&semi;remain in contact with her family&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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