Father of three Brian Glendinning has tearfully reunited with his family after spending two months in a prison in Iraq after being held on a Qatar arrest warrant.
Scottish engineer Brian Glendinning hugged his wife and daughters for the first time in months
Glendinning, a construction worker from Fife, was working at a BP oil refinery in Iraq when he was arrested on an Interpol red notice on September 12.QatarGlendinning had no clue he was on Interpol’s list while he was on his way to a new job and was later thrown into a jail cell., a ‘red notice’ tells police agencies worldwide to locate and temporarily arrest a fugitive pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.
‘When I knew his backside was on this plane that was going to land, that’s when I knew it was going to be all right,’ she said. What he didn’t know, however, was that he had been sentenced in his absence to two years in prison for faulting on his £4,000 debt.
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