Briton Matthew Hedges Sentenced to Life in Prison in U.A.E. for Spying
- University of Durham student was charged with spying for U.K.
- Hedges was arrested in Dubai on May 5 after 2 weeks in U.A.E.
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A British academic has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates on charges of spying for the U.K., according to his family, a verdict swiftly denounced by the government in London which raised the possibility of “diplomatic consequences.”