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| Dubai Scot jailed for three months for public indecency | Dubai Scot jailed for three months for public indecency |
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| A Scottish man has been sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar. | A Scottish man has been sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar. |
| Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested in July and charged with public indecency. | Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested in July and charged with public indecency. |
| He claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spilling his drink when he touched the man. | He claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spilling his drink when he touched the man. |
| The 27-year-old businessman had already been sentenced to a month in jail for drinking beer and still faces further court proceedings. | The 27-year-old businessman had already been sentenced to a month in jail for drinking beer and still faces further court proceedings. |
| The businessman who made the complaint against Mr Harron later withdrew it, but prosecutors in Dubai continued with the case. | The businessman who made the complaint against Mr Harron later withdrew it, but prosecutors in Dubai continued with the case. |
| News of the three-month sentence was released by campaign group Detained in Dubai, which has been supporting Mr Herron. | News of the three-month sentence was released by campaign group Detained in Dubai, which has been supporting Mr Herron. |
| The group said lawyers acting for the Scot would appeal. | The group said lawyers acting for the Scot would appeal. |
| A statement from the group said: "Today Jamie Harron was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for accidentally brushing the hip of an Arab customer at the Rock Bottom bar in Dubai. | |
| "Key witnesses to the incident were not called upon to testify to discredit the allegations. | |
| "Jamie will appeal the verdict, though this will prolong his increasingly difficult circumstances in Dubai, and compound the enormous financial losses he has suffered as a consequence of the ongoing case." | |
| Mr Harron, who worked as an electrician in Afghanistan, was on a two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates at the time of the incident on 15 July. | Mr Harron, who worked as an electrician in Afghanistan, was on a two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates at the time of the incident on 15 July. |