A brit tourist faces six months’ jail in Dubai for flicking the middle finger. Jamil Mukadam says he flashed the sign, deemed a public obscenity in the United Arab Emirates, at a raging motorist while driving a hired car.

The 23-year-old flew home to Leicester in February but was arrested and put in a cell on returning to Dubai this month.

Jamil was bailed, yet can’t leave the country ahead of his court hearing as cops confiscated his passport.


Jamil spent two days in a cell crammed with more than 170 crooks and had to sleep on the floor.

The IT worker is now in a £60-a-night hotel awai­ting a court hearing where he faces up to six months in jail or a huge fine.

Offensive or insulting behaviour, including some gestures, are considered a public obscenity in the UAE.

Jamil said: “I was driving to the airport with my wife and this guy was up behind me flashing his lights.

“I pulled over and they were screaming at me.