6 d. ago ‘Starving’ Brit grandad arrested in Dubai is trapped and homeless there – but was cleared of crime 10 years ago

A BRITISH grandad and veteran suffering from cancer has been left homeless and starving in Dubai after being arrested for a crime he’d been acquitted of a decade earlier. John Murphy, who served in the British military before building a life in the UAE, was arrested a decade earlier over allegations of being offensive to...

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6 d. ago Former London bus driver is arrested in Dubai for 'running sick sex ring where girls are forced to carry out disgusting fetishes for rich men'

Charles 'Abbey' Mwesigwa was filmed by an undercover reporter claiming women under his control would do 'pretty much everything' clients asked.

Transport

7 d. ago British grandfather, 59, arrested in Dubai says he is now trapped there, homeless and starving

A British grandfather arrested in Dubai is trapped and homeless there and is being denied cancer treatment- despite being acquitted ten years ago.

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1 week ago Dubai arrests of Scots gangsters blasted as 'PR exercise' by human rights lawyer

Steven Lyons, Ross "Miami" McGill, Stephen Jamieson, Steven Larwood and a fifth man said to be from Edinburgh were taken into custody by police in the oil-rich city state last week.

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2 w. ago Gangland power struggle and fresh violence ahead after arrest of crime boss Ross McGill

A former senior police officer has warned of a violent new power struggle following the arrest in Dubai of crime bosses Ross McGill and Steven Lyons

Events

2 w. ago Gang war kingpin 'arrested in Dubai' as UAE cops crackdown on feared mobsters

Ross McGill, 31, along with four other notorious gangsters, were nicked in the early hours of Tuesday as part of a massive crackdown on organised crime in the desert state

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2 w. ago Gang war kingpin Ross McGill "arrested in Dubai" with crew of feared Scots mobsters

Five Scots gangland figures are reported to have been arrested by cops in the United Arab Emirates.

Events

2 w. ago British grandfather reveals he has the world's biggest collection of post boxes

Arthur Reeder (pictured), 70, from Newport, Isle of Wight, has gathered the record stash of 260 items over 30 years, displaying them throughout his house, garden and shed.

Politics

2 w. ago British law student jailed for life in Dubai hellhole jail 'had only taken single line of cocaine when she was arrested at party'

Mia O'Brien was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after a day-long hearing which was held entirely in Arabic on July 25. She had been caught with 50g of cocaine by police last October.

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