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A Scots granddad has been accused of breaking the law and could be sent to prison in Dubai - after asking for music to be turned down while babysitting his granddaughter.

Texas TikToker Tierra Allen – better known to fans as the Sassy Trucker – has found herself in a sticky situation over in Dubai.

A Scots dad's Iraq prison 'nightmare' is finally over after he arrived back home in Scotland to his 'buzzing' family today.

A Scottish construction engineer who has been held in jail in Iraq for the last two months will be reunited with his family tomorrow. Brian Glendinning, 43, will fly into Edinburgh Airport at about 5.25pm and will be greeted by his loved ones, following his lengthy ordeal.

A Scots dad who was jailed in Iraq has been released from prison, with his family hopeful that they will be reunited within days.

A Scottish man who has been locked up in an Iraq jail for two months over unpaid debts is waiting on Qatar bank confirming they have agreed to drop their case against him before he can be released.

Scotland, was held at Basra International Airport early last month over an unpaid £20k Qatar bank loan as he prepared to start work as a construction engineer at a BP oil refinery.Now his wife Kimberly says she’s worried about his welfare after she received a heartbreaking phone call from the Baghdad jail where Brian, 43, has been held for more than a month.READ MORE: Russian kamikaze drones target Ukraine as Kyiv struck by three explosionsBrian was shocked to discover there had been an Interpol Red Notice issued from Qatar over the unpaid debt, which was taken out in 2016, reports the Daily Record.His family have previously said that he’d been paying the money back until he was forced to give up his job the following year due to ill health.Kimberly said: “He’s not well. He has no energy.

The wife of a Scots man jailed in Iraq over an unpaid £20,000 Qatar bank loan has told how she fears he is unwell after a distressing phone call from his Baghdad prison. Brian Glendinning, from Kincardine, Fife, was due to start work as a construction engineer at BP oil refinery but was instead detained after flying into Basra International Airport on September 4.

Are you boycotting travelling to the World Cup in Qatar? If so, let us know why in the comments section. He said: “Any fans seen to be misbehaving could also be subject to a football banning order on their return to the UK, as well as being arrested and potentially charged for offences committed in Qatar.”Radha Stirling, head of Detained in Doha and Due Proc-ess International – an organisation that helps Brits banged up abroad – said:“Visitors are at serious risk of arrest if they partake in drinking or drugs.“They also face arbitrary arrest if the police cast a wide net and target those in the vicinity of other individuals who are arrested, or if they are falsely accused by other attendees.”Expatica says: “Authorities make no exceptions and foreign embassies are generally powerless to intercede on their citizens’ behalf when it comes to drug laws in Qatar.” Traffickers risk the death penalty, while other punishments include jail and fines up to £44,000.

Dubai, and is facing a long stint in jail for calling his ex a “b***h” on Whatsapp.Due to strange cybercrime laws in Dubai, anyone there faces arrest for sending messages deemed “offensive or abusive”.And now 28-year-old Achraf Arjaouy could be sent to prison after being accused of such crimes by an unnamed Syrian woman.According to Detained in Dubai the pair met at a shopping centre while on holiday and hit it off.They began seeing each other but Achraf had been splurging on staycations and being generous towards her requests to support her family.Eventually, he felt he was being used as the requests seemed “never ending”, so he let his feelings be known.Whatsapp message show that he called her a “gold digger”, “b***h” and a “thief”.Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai who has represented a number of defendants in the past said: “Under the UAE’s strict cybercrime laws, any messages deemed offensive or abusive by the recipient can be reported to authorities.“We have seen a British national charged for a private message on Facebook effectively referring to someone as a horse.“We’ve seen a woman charged for swearing at her flat mate in a private WhatsApp message and more.“What is legal, common and private in the West can mean jail time in Dubai.

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