A British chef jailed in Dubai after local police mistook a text about a restaurant booking for drug trading has finally made it back to the UK.
Chef Luke Tully was stuck in prison during the pandemic due to a misinterpreted text message
He’s decided to speak out after high profile similar cases, including that of former footballer Billy Hood, and has warned others to be aware that the glamourous UAE lifestyle can turn sour very quickly. ‘They’re shouting “where’s the 10 grams of cocaine? We know you’ve bought cocaine.” They’ve grabbed me, put my hands behind me back, handcuffed me, undone my shirt and started punching me in the stomach. This is in front of my girlfriend, my mate.‘They’re threatening to throw me off the balcony. I said “I can’t help you. I can’t produce something I ain’t got”.’
Luke claims he was taken to be interviewed and detectives urged him to ‘just admit it’. He says he was threatened with electrocution and given a statement to sign in Arabic – a language he doesn’t speak. ‘They went through his phone and saw messages from November time between me and him. We’re talking and he’s said he wants a table for 10 people.‘They said “is this code for drugs” and Pedro said “yes”.
He says the British embassy were little help during this period and a lawyer he had hired at great expense was close to useless. ‘They closed the canteen where we ate and started just leaving food outside. There were about 50/60 people on the floor as there weren’t enough beds.‘The conditions were next level disgusting. There’s rapists, terrorists, people of all nationalities.
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