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Saudi court hands out jail and lashes sentence to 'naked' dancers

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Last Updated : Oct 04 2013 | 11:25 AM IST

A Saudi court has imprisoned four young men and has sentenced them to thousands of lashes after one of them was filmed dancing naked on a car, according to reports.

The reports said that the men were charged with dancing on a vehicle in public and violating public morals.

The incident happened in Borayda, the capital of al-Qasseem province, north-west of the capital Riyadh, and a video was posted online, the BBC reported.

According to the al-Sharq newspaper, the man who was accused of dancing naked got the severest sentence, 10 years in jail, 2,000 lashes and a 13,000-dollar- fine.

One of his companions got seven years and 1,200 lashes, while the other two were imprisoned for three years and sentenced to 500 lashes each.

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First Published: Oct 04 2013 | 11:22 AM IST

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