Guy goes to jail for giving the finger

Weird things happen in Dubai. This guy, who looks exactly like my friend Sanyi (I thought it was him at first), flicked the finger at a speeding driver who nearly knocked him down and got locked up in a stinking jail for a month.

Mike, from London, spent three days with 255 other inmates in a detention centre built for just 40. Then he was given a trial date for six weeks later, released without his passport and told not to leave the country.

He wasn’t allowed to speak in court. He added: “I was jailed for a month and fined £300. Once I got out I was deported and ended up back in London without a roof over my head.”

And he warned the one million Brits who flock to Dubai every year: "It was like something out of Midnight Express — if you’re a tourist over there you’re a target."

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