When Albert Douglas found out he was facing a long prison sentence in Dubai, he tried to escape the UAE … and failed. What followed was years of court proceedings, time in prison and even, Douglas says, beatings and torture.
In recent years, scores of business owners, unsuspecting tourists and influencers have been detained in Dubai – caught up in an opaque legal system, charged with breaking laws they may not even have been aware of.
Journalist Will Coldwell tells Nosheen Iqbal about Albert Douglas, a British business owner imprisoned in Dubai, and how his family eventually got him home
