Brit touches down in Dubai and is arrested for giving airport worker the finger

Saturday, 15 Nov, 2010 0

 

Travel agents might look to an article in the Sun newspaper to see how they can offer that all-important added value to customers in the form of sound travel advice.
 
The next time a customer books travel to the Middle East, perhaps it’s wise to warn them never to give the finger to airport staff on arrival.
 
The Sun reports today that 34-year-old Brit Paul Anthony was arrested just minutes after landing in Dubai after making the obscene gesture to a female airport employee when she refused to let him use a customer services phone.
 
He is also said to have sworn at the Muslim women in front of her colleagues.
 
A court has sentenced him to two months in jail for indecency and insulting the employee. Anthony, who was described in court as a UN worker on a stopover en route to Asia, has now launched an appeal.

 

by Dinah Hatch



 

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