Billy’s brother Alex Hood, is angered by the assault and the lack of action from the Foreign Office to prevent such beatings ever happening in the first place. “I am disgusted that the UK would ever allow this to happen to a British citizen and that they have not already intervened. This is not the first time he has been assaulted while in custody and over what? CBD oil that the court accepted, was not even his. In accepting this kind of treatment and just ‘raising concerns’ without any actual consequence, the UK is essentially sanctioning these abuses again and again. British MP’s have called for sanctions and travel warnings and this is exactly what is needed to finally end this mediaeval treatment”.

“It is abhorrent and truly shocking that the United Arab Emirates, our ally, has refused to cease the mistreatment, abuse and torture of British citizens”, said Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai. “The Emirates have falsely portrayed themselves to Britain as a tolerant, modern and safe society with programmes like the BBC’s “Playground of the Rich” while simultaneously violently assaulting vulnerable citizens like grandfather Albert Douglas and young Billy Hood, both of whom have been unfairly detained.

“Members of the concerned public and rights groups have criticised Prince William following the EU’s recent boycotting of Dubai’s expo, but the contempt is far greater than thought when we have our own citizens being literally beaten up during his meetings”.