A former British soldier who was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi facing a £100,000 fine after he refused to board a flight over fears there was a bomb on board has finally returned home.
Steve Long, 39, from Stockport, was on a three-week holiday in UAE when he told passengers on the returning Etihad flight that there could be a bomb on the plane.
The 39-year-old father-of-four, from Offerton, served tours of Iraq and Bosnia and worked closely with bomb disposal unit. He flew out to the United Arab Emirates to visit a friend for three weeks back in January.
His visit coincided with an apparent terrorist drone strike on the capital Abu Dhabi, in which three people died and six were injured.
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