A British businessman who escaped jail by fleeing Dubai after having an affair with a married mother has returned to the country to try and get the conviction quashed, MailOnline can reveal. Brian Clark was convicted in Dubai Misdemeanours Court in 2009 of having illicit sex with Marnie Pearce. Ms Pearce, a 46-year-old British mother-of-two, was convicted of adultery in the strictly Islamic United Arab Emirates when her husband Ihab El Labban accused her of cheating on him. She was jailed for three months and lost custody of her two sons in a notorious case that made headlines around the world.
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Brian Clark was convicted five years ago in UAE of having illicit sex
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His lover Marnie Pearce, 46-year-old British mother-of-two, was jailed for three months for adultery after going on the run for a month with her sons
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They were taken away and now live with her former husband - she claims that he made up the accusations to get custody of the boys
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Ihab El Labban then took up with American woman HE was allegedly having an affair with in case that made headlines across the world
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Clark fled UAE before sentence but is now back trying to clear his name
The U.S. businesswoman met Mr @placeholder, 47, while visiting Dubai in 2007.