Dubai: A British visitor, who was handed a four-month imprisonment for groping another man in a pub and flashing in his face the middle finger, has been pardoned.
The incident happened in July when the 37-year-old Briton got drunk in an upscale pub and groped the German man. The British visitor also flicked his middle finger in German man’s face following a heated argument.
The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the British man to three months in jail for groping the German man and touching his posterior.
Meanwhile, the Dubai Misdemeanours Court sentenced the defendant to one month in jail for indecently gesturing in public and fined him Dh2,000 for drinking liquor.
Media reported quoted the defendant as saying that he had been contacted by the Dubai Prosecution and told that he can pick his passport and travel following the ruler’s pardon.
The 47-year-old German called the police and shortly before their arrival, the defendant also made an obscene gesture in the complainant’s face.
The accused had been on bail.
“Not guilty,” the 37-year-old defendant told the court when he refuted the groping charge.
The German victim testified that he was out with friends at the pub in Al Barsha when the incident happened.
