Billy Hood: Last News

Dubai and the UAE due to the regime's strict laws and unwavering resistance to change.Speaking to the Daily Star, Detained in Dubai's CEO Radha Stirling said that prominent cases like that of the captive Billy Hood will continue to repeat themselves on Brits due to the region's insane laws.25-year-old football coach Billy Hood has been locked up in a prison in the UAE for a year and is due to serve ten more after he was allegedly found with CBD oil in January 2021.Despite denying the allegations, Billy was forced to sign a confession and has been jailed and refused bail numerous times by the UAE despite the pressure from the UK government and Radha's group.Tragically according to Radha stories like Billy's are increasingly common.She explained: "I get WhatsApp messages every day, so far today I’ve had six people saying ‘I’ve been arrested, my so and so has been arrested. It never stops."We try to resolve as many cases as we can without going to the media.

Dubai is one of the most glamorous holiday destinations in the world but for some tourists their holiday of a lifetime turned into a holiday from hell.The United Arab Emirates country has notoriously strict laws in place and many tourists may unintentionally break the rules without knowingShould they be caught in the act, it can get pretty ugly with some unfortunate Brits being handed large prison sentences in an instant.In the last year alone, five British people were locked up in the country for crimes as petty as sending rude WhatsApp messages. This is what happened to each of them.Football coach Billy Hood, 25, was arrested in January 2021 by police for “unintentionally possessing” CBD vape oil in the United Arab Emirates country.After being detained for the year and forced to sign a confession in Arabic, Billy was given a 25-year sentence which was then reduced to 10 years on appeal.

Dubai was reportedly attacked by guards as Prince William visited the country on an official visit.Billy Hood, 25, is currently serving a 10-year sentence for “unintentionally possessing” CBD vape oil in the United Arab Emirates country.As the Duke of Cambridge was meeting with UAE diplomats in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Thursday, (February 10), Billy was allegedly attacked by Emirati authorities, according to non-profit organisation Detained in Dubai.Billy’s family are now appealing to the Prince to help bring Billy back to the UK after his appeal to overturn the sentence was refused, despite no court hearing taking place.According to Detained in Dubai, Billy has been isolated in a tiny cell that could fit only a mattress and is said to have hit the wall in frustration.Four prison guards are then alleged to have opened his cell and repeatedly beat him, causing him to bleed.Reports have also claimed that Billy was previously beaten and tasered and forced to confess.His brother Alex Hood said: “I am disgusted that the UK would ever allow this to happen to a British citizen and that they have not already intervened. This is not the first time he has been assaulted while in custody and over what? CBD oil that the court accepted, was not even his.“In accepting this kind of treatment and just ‘raising concerns’ without any actual consequence, the UK is essentially sanctioning these abuses again and again.

football coach who was jailed for 25 years in Dubai for possessing CBD oil has had his sentenced cut to 10 years. Billy Hood, 25, from London, was working as a football coach when police discovered four small bottles of CBD oil and a vape pen in his car in January.

sentenced to 25 years in a Dubai prison have pleaded for his release on his 25th birthday. Billy Hood was a British semi-pro footballer and coach who was jailed in the Middle Eastern country after police discovered CBD oil in his car.

The Sun, she told Detained in Dubai's Radha Stirling: “I can't imagine what he's going through now.“He's been moved from pillar to post and was just finally relieved to be with other British citizens in Dubai when they suddenly moved him to Abu Dhabi.“He's going through the most stressful time in his entire life and can't even communicate with his family, his lawyer or the British Embassy.”Ms Stirling, chief executive of the charity, claimed that the evidence against Mr Hood had been “manufactured”.She said: “Billy Hood does not deserve a 25-year sentence for something he did not do," she said.“He has already lost a year of his life under traumatic circumstances which will likely haunt him for the rest of his life, even if he is exonerated

A young British man living in Dubai has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after police caught him with four miniature tubes of CBD oil.

footballer and coach has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in Dubai after police discovered CBD oil in his car.Billy Hood, 24, was arrested on January 31 outside his home when he went to pick up a phone charger from his car.The police told him they were interested in him from social media but never asked for his phone or his computer. In a statement to lawyers, he said: "One officer jumped out and pointed a taser at me, threatening to use it if I didn't cooperate."They demanded I show them where the drugs are.