United Arab Emirates ? A British couple whose drunken escapade led to sex on the beach, tabloid headlines and a clash between Western permissiveness and Islamic values was sentenced Thursday by a Dubai court to three months in prison.

Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer each were sentenced to serve time, fined $272 for drinking alcohol and ordered to be deported immediately upon leaving prison. The pair was charged with having unmarried sex after a taxi picked them up from a Champagne brunch at a five-star hotel and drove them to Jumeirah beach in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ most culturally tolerant emirate.