Mia O'Brien, a 23-year-old British woman from Huyton in Merseyside, has been jailed for life after a "very stupid mistake" reportedly landed her in the infamous Al-Awir prison in Dubai .

The law student was allegedly found with cocaine in her flat. Another Brit who is all too familiar with the severity of punishment in Dubai is David Haigh, who spent 22 months incarcerated in the United Arab Emirates.

He recalled his first experience with prison life, saying: "They took me off and I was walking and walking towards what I could smell as a growing kind of nasty smell. Horrible kind of sweaty dirty... we are going through these big double doors.

"It was just so hot, there was no natural light, dirty, smelly." He was then informed he would be staying in the cell until "tomorrow", but

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