Matthew Hedges sentenced to life in prison for spying in UAE
By Bianca Britton, CNN
© DETAINED IN DUBAI/AFP/Getty Images Durham University PhD student Matthew Hedges and his wife Daniela Tejada.
A British academic has been sentenced to life in prison for spying in the United Arab Emirates, according to a family spokeswoman.
Matthew Hedges, 31,a specialist in Middle Eastern studies at Durham University in England, was arrested on May 5 by UAE officials when he was leaving Dubai airport. He had previously been held in solitary confinement for almost six months on spying allegations, but was released on bail last month.
Nikita Bernardi, a spokeswoman for the Hedges family said that Hedges had been sentenced to "life in prison following a five-minute hearing in which he had no legal representation."
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They sure locked him up and threw away the key, this has been in the news for a few months. He surely deserved more than this trial but UAE certainly has not backed down.
