A British man, Jamie Harron has been sentenced to three months in prison in Dubai for touching a man's hip inside a bar.
He was arrested in July over the incident in which he said he put his
hand on a man's hip to avoid spilling a drink in a crowded bar. The
27-year-old electrician had been working in Afghanistan and was on a
two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates at the time.
A campaign group called Detained in Dubai (DiD) said he was sentenced
to three months imprisonment at court on Sunday but lawyers plan to
appeal. The group said Harron is "angry, disappointed, and dreads what
may happen next".
He is not currently in custody while the appeal is considered, DiD
chief executive Radha Stirling said. Harron has already been sentenced
in absentia to 30 days in prison for failing to appear at a court
hearing for making a rude gesture and drinking alcohol during the same
July incident.
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