Road rage Brit, 23, faces jail in Dubai for flicking the Vs at a driver who cut him up on a busy motorway
IT worker banged up at the notorious Bur Dubai police station while on holiday with wife
A BRIT is facing jail in Dubai after giving the Vs to another driver in a road rage incident.
Jamil Ahmad, 23, swore at the driver he claims dangerously cut him up on a busy road near the Dubai Financial Centre.
But the police found out and he was arrested at the airport two days later on September 10 and detained for two days at the notorious Bur Dubai police station, where another Brit Lee Bradley Brown was killed in 2011.
Jamil, who works as an IT consultant for the UK government, was on his summer holiday with his wife.
She was forced fly to their home in Leicester, alone and leave him in the country on bail as Ahmad faces a six-month prison sentence.
Jamil said: "As a reflex I may have lifted my hand in frustration at the other driver.
"Work has not taken it the best way as they are severely short staffed and not under control anymore.
"I am worried about running out of money before I even get to court. No one plans to spend two months (or more) in hotels in Dubai".
Lobby group Detained in Dubai are appealing for the charges to be dropped.
Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Managing Partner of legal advisory Stirling Haigh said: "It is illegal for anyone to display what could be argued to be offensive or insulting behaviour.
"We have dealt with a number of cases where traffic frustration has led to detention.
“We caution visitors and expats that they could face criminal charges for behaviour that would be common in their own countries".
Traffic in the city can be chaotic at times with roads full of foreign drivers from countries like India, Egypt and Pakistan and lane discipline is almost non existent.
The hand gesture is considered a public obscenity crime and carries a jail sentence of not less than 6 months with many foreigners being imprisoned on similar charges.
Jamil has now run out of money while waiting for his court appearance but if found guilty he has two weeks to appeal the decision to try and reduce the sentence.
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