A British man who was sentenced to three months in prison in Dubai for touching a man’s hip in a bar has been freed, according to his representatives.
Jamie Harron, 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.
After his arrest for public indecency, he lost his job and was told he could
Prior to Mr Harron’s sentencing on Sunday, he had 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.
He was initially jailed for five days and then released on bail with his passport confiscated.
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