kamui Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Briton 'beaten to death' in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing By ARTHUR MARTIN, NICK MCDERMOTT and REBECCA EVANS A British tourist was beaten to death by officers in a Dubai police station after being arrested for swearing, it was claimed yesterday. Lee Bradley Brown, 39, was on holiday at a £1,000-a-night hotel in the Arab state when he was thrown into a filthy cell. Police sources say he was ‘badly beaten up’ by a group of police officers, leaving him unconscious on the floor. Inmates told how they watched officers bundle him into a body-bag and drag him out of the building. During Mr Brown’s six days in Bur Dubai police station, guards refused to give him enough food and water and did not let him see a lawyer, it is alleged. His sister learned about the attack when she received a phone call from an inmate on Sunday, claiming her brother had been beaten. The prisoner found her phone number on a photocopy of her brother’s passport which had been left behind in the cell. She contacted the British Embassy in Dubai, and on Monday an official was sent to visit Mr Brown at the police station. But the official was turned away by an officer who claimed Mr Brown did not want to see him and had ‘declined consular assistance’. His sister, who did not want to be named, received another phone call from the inmate saying he had seen her brother’s body being taken out in a body-bag. A source told the Daily Mail last night: ‘He suffered a really bad beating which must have caused some terrible internal injuries. ‘The poor bloke stood no chance at all. At one stage he was thrown against the concrete wall of a cell and landed badly. ‘Then the guards tried to hush it up and pretend nothing had happened.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376649/Briton-arrested-swearing-beaten-death-Dubai-police-cell.html#ixzz1JVIbjwWf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 I wish that some newspaper hound digs his teeth in and does not let this story die. Unfortunately, to many people, the news company says, are interested in the Royal Wedding, Charlie Sheen's new whore or whether the Simpsons will run another season Where is Clarke Kent when you need him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 The newspaper? What about the UK Embassy staff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Yeah right, all being treated/courted like puppets by Arab interests Sometimes I wonder why western societies don't rally against just causes, and not just fringe causes Anyone know how the reaction in Briton is like? They should just say, no travel to Dubai until this thing is sorted out, make a real statement, yes I know it ain't gonna' happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 So tell me, which of you would... "Not want to be named..." after an inmate in Dubai made a long distance phone call... from his cell... to your number in Britain... to inform on the cops holding both of them... that your brother was dead.... after he had been missing for a week... and no one reported even him missing? If it were my brother I would be calling every MP, news paper, tv station, the pope, ect, 24 seven Sorry.... could be bad journalism but a lot of that story just does not make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Ah, but Dubai is a wonderful country - a true democracy. Just ask Thaksin Shinawatra, another true democrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Link Amid what was last night turning into a major diplomatic row, Dubai's attorney general Eisam Al Humaidan said the preliminary forensic report had ruled out any torture and that there were traces of cannabis in Mr Brown's system, with the formal autopsy report due to be issued next week. I guess next it will be suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Link Embassy staff had demanded to see the Brits as Lee's mum Doris, 67, said: "How could they do this to my son? Part of me has died with him. If anybody didn't deserve that kind of treatment it was him. He never harmed anyone." The diplomats were shown into a room at the Bur Dubai police station where the Brits were brought in one at a time. Guards allowed only 15 minutes for each interview and hovered to eavesdrop on what was said. The officials went in after the Brits begged The Sun to get them Foreign Office help. They told how Lee was stripped and handcuffed before being pulverised by cops using their feet, fists and batons. One prisoner said last night: "The embassy staff asked me if there was anything I wanted to say. "We were asked to give witness statements in front of the guards. How could we talk when we all fear retribution? "They were listening to our every word. We have seen what they are capable of doing. "I told the officials if they wanted to know what happened they would have to take me somewhere safe. There are no human rights in here. We are at their mercy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 An independent autopsy should get to the bottom of this problem. I suspect the Brits don't want to offend their Dubais brothers so this issue will probably 'disappear'. Like shygye said it will probably end up as a suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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