The campaign group Detained in Dubai said Jamie Harron, 27, had expected to be arrested at the hearing on Sunday for failing to appear at a previous court date, which the group claimed was moved without notification. The electrician was not arrested but was told to remain in the city for future court hearings. Harron, from Stirling, had been working in Afghanistan and was on a two-day stopover in Dubai when the incident happened. Radha Stirling, chief executive of Detained in Dubai, said: “Jamie is relieved he wasn’t arrested [at the latest hearing]. It was expected that he would have to spend some time in prison.”She said a further court date was expected in about two weeks, although no firm date had yet been set, and Harron expected the court process to be “drawn out”.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2017 17:11 UTC