{"id":85718,"date":"2026-02-28T16:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85718"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:09:03","slug":"im-homeless-in-dubai-after-wrongful-arrest-ill-die-on-streets-after-being-banned-from-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/28\/im-homeless-in-dubai-after-wrongful-arrest-ill-die-on-streets-after-being-banned-from-leaving\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m homeless in Dubai after wrongful arrest &#8211; I&#8217;ll die on streets after being banned from leaving"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XgrJq.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6&amp;x=188&amp;y=113&amp;s=313&amp;d=313\" alt=\"A British veteran and grandfather arrested in Dubai is trapped and homeless there - despite being acquitted ten years ago. John Murphy, 59, who served in the British military before building a life in the UAE, was arrested a decade ago over allegations of being offensive to hotel security. His lawyers say he should have walked free but he was jailed awaiting trial and his landlord sued him for rent arrears that piled up during his detention. His belongings were seized, a travel ban imposed, and his passport withheld.   Photo released 26\/09\/2025\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A grandfather who was left homeless in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/starving-brit-grandad-trapped-dubai-35976463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Dubai<\/a> following his wrongful arrest now fears he&#8217;ll die on the streets, despite having been acquitted nearly a decade ago.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/i-m-homeless-in-dubai-after-wrongful-arrest-i-ll-die-on-streets-after-being-banned-from-leaving\/ar-AA1Xgfhg?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&amp;cvid=a155657734d84544fc930328c49589ff&amp;ei=17\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A grandfather who was left homeless in\u00a0Dubai following his wrongful arrest now fears he&#8217;ll die on the streets, despite having been acquitted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/John-Murphy.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85720,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85718\/revisions\/85720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}