Briton 'beaten to death' for swearing

chapter closed.....

If the beating incident is true, I am afraid it was a ploy to kill. Looking at the picture, it doesn't seem he would check into Burj Al Arab on his own. As he was invited to Dubai by an unknown women, its possible, she had made prior arrangements for this man to be put up there.

I have a feeling, the guy had known some deep secrets of this rich influencial women and she wanted to kill him to bury the secrets with him. So, she used her clout in the police department and killed her. In such deaths, the investigation is generally a farce.

I may be wrong though.

fake .. Fake .. Fake ..

Good point.

I don't think the Daily Mail broke the original story, and it has been picked up most media outlets, including the Gulf Times.

And which major English tabloid isn't anti-Muslim?

Uranus I would say its because the british embassy know a bit more about what's going on and aren't going to start an international incident over a drunken-women beating-sot who's sister managed to get an interview with one of the most rabid anti-muslim rags in the uk.

Pilgram--the Daily Mail story I posted above is a follow-up on the original story the DM ran the day before, which I believe noted the swearing claim.

Most worrying is that the British government is doing nothing to investigate this. Perhaps this is part of the cutbacks Cameron's coalition are making.

Frankly I would trust the gulf news to report this better than the daily mail which is notoriously anti-dubai. There was also no mention of the man being arressted for swearing. The burj al arab said they called the police after he severly beat a maid and attempted to throw her off a balcony, blood tests after his death confirm the prescense of large quantities of alcohol and hashish.

Personally I think this whole thing smells fishy and I while I think the cops may be guilty of negligence and perhaps roughing the women beater up a little I don't think they beat him to death.

"Cherchez la femme!"

Literally means "look for the woman."

In the sense that, a man behaves out of character or in an otherwise inexplicable manner because he is trying to cover up an affair with a woman.

if it was mentioned in the news (the word "swearing"), and many commented, they should know what that crime is?

I would have expected that asking the crime was the first comment to come out? Now, i'm more confused!

For a country built around tourism, they are trying their best to shoot themselves in the foot.

flor...nobody answers you because nobody knows it.

my query? What is "swearing" that resulted to his untimely demise?

If the report posted by Uranus1 is true...that means, when it comes to defending the rights of your citizens... 1st & 3rd world countries are the same.

Phewwwwww.....

I doubt the Gulf News will publish the story as well as the Daily Mail......

Mystery female host 'invited' jail victim to Dubai

A British tourist allegedly beaten to death by prison guards in a Dubai jail was invited to the Arab state by a mystery woman, it was claimed last night.

Lee Bradley Brown, 39, was on holiday at a £1,000-a-night hotel when he was arrested for assault and swearing and thrown into a filthy cell.

His family have demanded government help and believe the nature of his death is being covered up by the authorities who claim he died of natural causes – even though witnesses saw him being ‘badly beaten’.

The self-employed maintenance worker flew to the Gulf state without telling his family, who don’t know how he was able to afford a luxury suite at the seven-star Burj Al Arab – one of the most expensive hotels in the world.

Yesterday a prison source said Mr Brown, of Dagenham, Essex, had told inmates he had been ‘invited to Dubai’ by an unknown woman.

It emerged last night that the British Government will not conduct an independent investigation into the death – meaning his family may never know the truth.

Instead of sending a pathologist to examine Mr Brown’s body for signs of trauma, the Foreign Office said it would rely on the authorities in Dubai – even though they have claimed there were ‘no signs of torture’ and he died after choking on his own vomit.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377480/Briton-beaten-death-Dubai-jail-invited-mystery-woman.html#ixzz1JfAQD87B

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377480/Briton-beaten-death-Dubai-jail-invited-mystery-woman.html

Adey the gulf news simply said that the british embassy sends its condolences to the family. Nothing about continuing an investigation.

Nice buildings, nice fancy malls and nice babes from all around the world but if the attitude and the way they behave with people does not change not many people or tourists would like to get there.

Its going down like a lead balloon in the UK. Dubai can kiss goodbye to British tourism after this!!

Where did you get this info from?:

"as far as authorities and the british embassy are concerned the case is closed"

According to this morning's paper:

'Last night, the British Embassy said they were putting pressure on the Dubai authorities at 'the highest level' to find out what had happened, but it was too early to say whether Britain would send a pathologist to ascertain Mr Brown's cause of death.

A spokesman said: 'What we are doing is working closely with Dubai police to pressure them to investigate the circumstances.

'We spoke to them at the highest level and highlighted the seriousness of it.'

It emerged yesterday that consular staff from the British, Canadian and Australian embassies visited the police station to check on the welfare of their citizens and to obtain statements regarding Mr Brown's death. '

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377097/Briton-beaten-death-Dubai-police-cell-Lee-Browns-family-say-end-cover-up.html#ixzz1JaXeOrTb

No merci, I don't really read 7 days as I find it a bit tabloidish and they make a lot of mistakes in their stories.

The gulf news said today that he choked to death on his own vomit after he was arrested for trying to throw a maid from 6 story balcony. They also said that there was no evidence he had been tortured and as far as authorities and the british embassy are concerned the case is closed.

I doubt we'll ever know for sure what happened.

desertshark, I feel this is highly improbable in case of an asian as the poor guy will not have the courage to oppose the cops during his arrest. The cops physically assault the inmates only under extreme circumstances.

But, they will hit the inmates back in case they are hit first by them.

Just imagine if they did that to a british and european guy then what they must be doing to the poor and illeterate asians out there and getting away with it because their embassies would never interfere and then they would say the guy just fell down and died by hitting his head on the floor.

The guy has a only regular job, but he can pay afford the £1,000 a night stay.

The guy is on vacation in a strange land, and what does he try to do, ....throw a chambermaid off the balcony.

He is beaten to death....for "swearing" at someone.

A bit odd, all of this

to death because he swore - he will have said and done somthing to 'annoy' when he got into Prison.

Come on - Dubai - the hub of International Travel, the Tourist Hot Spot off The Gulf?

They are the decadant ones of The Gulf - I doubt very much the Police in Dubai would beat up a 'drunken Brit' -I suspect they deal with them all the time and much worse.

They are either really, really bad cops and deserve to be charged with manslaughter or he did much worse then what is reported.

Right...no sane person should go to Dubai.

Welcome to Dubai and keep all of your family and relatives informed that you are in Dubai with no guarantee of getting back home and they call it a holiday at Hotel California..(should be hotel Dubai)

at your service

Adey was the coroner on duty

a lotta stories are gonna come up half true and half lies.Thousands of people all around the world and no one cares,(4 year old boy blown up,9 school kids blown up) a brit dies and all of a suddent the whole world is on the move.

Brilliant deductions.

You're not living at 221b Baker Street are you :o)

Bit odd all that.

'An unnamed police official told the paper: "These reports in the media that he was beaten by police are a pack of lies."

The official added that the British tourist was vomiting from the day before his death but did not complain or ask for medical help.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/probe-demanded-as-briton-dies-in-dubai-custody-2267644.html

Well that's the Police pretty much caught in a lie because, if you remember, they also said to the visiting British Embassy official( who visited on the 11th April)

that Mr Brown did not want to see him and had ‘declined consular assistance’.

From the accounts so far we can ascertain this timeline:

*Wed 6th April:

- Mr Brown arrested and taken to Bur Dubai Police station.

*Sometime between Wed 6th April and Mon 11th April:

- The sister of Mr Brown recieves a phone call saying her brother is being beaten.

- The sister informs the British Embassy in Dubai

*Mon 11th April:

- British Embassy Official visits Police station and is turned awy

- this is also the same day that Police 'say' Mr Brown started vomiting but did not complain or ask for medical help.

*Tues 12th April:

- Mr Brown dies

- The sister recieves another call to say her brother has died.

*Tues 12th/Wed 13th April:

- Mr Brown's family must have been offically told of his death by the British Embassy then for it to make the Thurs morning papers.

Seems to me that the Police have been caught out by their very own statements before an investigation has even had the chance to begin yet.

He pays £1,000 a night and gets handed over to barbaric cops without a lawyer? Is this a bad film script?

Who ARE these people? Does any report talk about the hotel's part in this?

Seriously, what is with Dubai? And don't people have better things to do with their money than go to Dubai on HOLIDAY?!

Pilram, I hear 7Days has it.

Not a thing about this in the papers here. I am interested in what exactly he said though as "swearing" can mean a lot of things. Interested to hear the polices side of things to, though I doubt anything they say will make up for their crime.

Dubai police don't assault physically, they are not allowed to touch the inmates of the cells.Infact Bur Dubai police officers are very cooperative and helpful

Can't believe it happened in the area I lived !!

Nic

does this has to do anything with a particular religion?

Indeed flor, as no crime warrants to be beaten to death in a police station or jail...non?

Huh? Was it really too bad to be paid by his life? What is actually the reason or the crime?

The whole thread was focused on the police brutality but no one explain about the crime?

Agree with LP and NIC on idiots go to Dubai and other paradisiac options..

yap, all idiots.

why go to hell when there are so many paradisiac options in this planet, where you are allowed to live and have a nice holiday!

amzyvista,

thus, its called "hell dubai".

its all evil and greed!

Nic are you this stupid or you are trying extra hard here mate

see this is cruelty. Just for swearing couldn't they just given him a fine instead of beating him up to hell. Maybe he sweared at the royal family of UAE but who knows

Such incidents happen all over, be it the first or the thrid world. Police brutality & abuse of powers are regularly reported in the papers. My only concern is that would it be properly investigated? Will justice be served? Unlikely but still, there are hopes.

soooooooo bad!!!

sooooooooo bad!!!

part of the idiots here in qatar and ql

there are a lot of idiots in Britain looking at the numbers that go to Dubai.

I also absolutely agree!

agreed

One must be an idiot to go to Dubai for a holiday!

The British press will follow it for awhile. These sorts of stories are starting to take their toll on British tourism to the UAE.

why tourists go there, its nothing but booze and hookers..... then again :)

typical growing arab mentality with Petro Dollars, else who the hell were giving a rat as$ to these biddoos.

Believe me, this story will die away very quickly and you will hear nothing further.

half-baked stories all around.

does anyone believe that he was arrested over a row with a hotel chambermaid !!?

watch out and quickly apologise, otherwise they will feel the full weight of the British Empire!

Oh the police will get away with it, no doubt about it.

There maybe a token trial for British embassy sake but they will be declared not guilty.

Yes Uranus1 and others, I am sure he trod on the wrong feets and ended paying the price for his life.

yes with all due respect the Police in UAE might be better than some of the others, But they do belive they can get away with Murder and they will.

What annoys me is where the Fook where the lazy Counsellor staff and why did they not see him. I hope Amensty or some other goups picks this up.

I can picture the scene a bit like the Sex and City part 2 movie based on holiday in UAE. When Samatha upsets a few then the whole establishment is working against you!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3526529/Cops-beat-Brit-Lee-Brown-to-death-in-Dubai-cell.html

Lee Brown, 39 - arrested after a hotel row - was stripped and handcuffed before being pulverised by up to six officers with their feet, fists and batons.

He was then dragged unconscious into solitary confinement where he was left battered and bloodied for three days before dying of his injuries.

One prisoner at the Bur Dubai police station - who The Sun contacted by mobile phone - said last night: "It was inhuman. He was cuffed by his hands and his legs. Officers were punching and kicking him everywhere.

"He was bleeding from the head and hands and crying, pleading for them to stop."

Another witness said: "He was assaulted so badly his head split open. Then he was left to rot."

Must be more to the story--I hope it comes out.

This reads like an account of a vigilante death squad that police run in South America. This guy upset the wrong people, who used the police as goons. It might explain why his companions did not contact the consulate earlier.

Maybe the lax laws and economic chaos is opening Dubai up to organized crime on a large scale.

OMG

you need to learn few things from Dubai Police

Dubai Police doesn't seem to be like this. As my colleagues also went to police station and they treated them very well. They offer them soft drinks and food in the evening. After a light verbal investigation, they were released. I also visited the Police Station in Dubai 2 times and found them very soft and friendly while they treat even the foreigners. As AK said, there should be some other story behind that. Dubai Police is the most civilized police in the Gulf.

why did he swear in the first place?trying to play the superior man game?

That is why we often read articles like this one and why I have an aversion to that city:

"Dubai ranked among least safe holiday spots by British tourists"

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-ranked-among-least-safe-holiday-spots-by-british-tourists-389817.html?tab=Article

Thanks.. Makes more sense now ...

I think there is more to the story. Once they put my colleague in the Bur Dubai police station for swearing but he was just kept there for the night and released in the morning. One slap was the total physical punishment he received and that too when he refused to shut up

the Royal who had beaten and tortured brutally an Afgan, as role model.

Deaths in Police Custody is seriou crime. Police while dealing with culprits should show maximun restraint and patience.

He may have pissed off more than just “police officers”, detaining him for nearly a week with no lawyer can’t be executed without “higher” Permission

Police brutally is somehow increasing in the UAE. I hope more information is out, or at least British Media push for that

s0 tRagic s0 sAd

Seems he was pissed and probably got a bit too mouthy with the police...

But the end result was totally wrong ..

Strange. He goes for one week and ends up dead I hope there is an investigation. I have lived in Qatar for few years, like many others and never had a problem.

May he Rset in Peace..

Its been carried by a few papers. Not much to go on at present. Hope the Embassy gets involved, but can't see what they can do.

The Dubai police have said that they will investigate the matter :o)

Fooking maniacs, it would do nothing to improve the image of Dubai!