A TOURIST from West Mersea convicted of kissing in public in Dubai has been jailed after running out of time and money for her appeal bid, diplomatic sources said.

Charlotte Adams, 25, was arrested last November after a woman complained she had been seen kissing Ayman Najafi in a restaurant, breaching Dubai's strict decency laws.

Miss Adams, who is registered as living in West Mersea and works as an estate agent in North London, and Najafi denied the charge but were sentenced to a month in jail earlier this month.

Najafi, from north London, is understood to be continuing his fight against the conviction after being backed by his employers.