Mother Whose Son Has Been Jailed in Dubai for 25 Years Makes Emotional Plea For Help | GMB

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @emmas9928
    @emmas9928 10 месяцев назад +40

    Billy was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison for having vape CBD oil in his car? Utterly flabbergasting. There’s strict and then there’s disproportionate Dubai. I hope Billy will be exonerated.

    • @gsss1236
      @gsss1236 10 месяцев назад +8

      Vahhha so apparently he had 570 something bottles and they tryna make it sound like it was 1 or 2

    • @melaniewalker5226
      @melaniewalker5226 4 месяца назад

      How do you know that ?.​@@gsss1236

    • @christineskead1663
      @christineskead1663 27 дней назад +3

      One should RESEARCH, gain knowledge about all the countries you visit. Don't for one minute think they conform to your habits.

    • @Phillip-p1e
      @Phillip-p1e 15 дней назад

      I've been to Dubai had a great time. I knew the rules, culture, and what to expect, play by these rules and everyone will be ok .... Billy knew his mate had used the car and that he had CBD vapes ,,, ooh Billy you should have gone over your car with a fine tooth comb.....

    • @florentinamandache-w5h
      @florentinamandache-w5h 13 дней назад

      @@Phillip-p1e i think his friend set him up ... there are people that hate you so much that will put you in prison... i seen it with my own eyes ...

  • @Cleo1John
    @Cleo1John Месяц назад +13

    Why is ANYONE in the UK going to UAE... This is madness..!

  • @dacaleenrowe8882
    @dacaleenrowe8882 27 дней назад +4

    Jeeees poor BILLY. That's very very sad. I hope he's is OK. It must be very terrible for him. I hope he get the real help he needs.

  • @greenerz
    @greenerz Год назад +58

    What a stupid law , why people would move to a country with laws like that is beyond me , poor lad

    • @heyyahhh655
      @heyyahhh655 Год назад

      Their think they are above the law they literally kill like one person a day over there

    • @nakz9258
      @nakz9258 Год назад

      There is a reason why Dubai doesn’t have school shootings and rachet people and it’s one of the safest places in the world don’t bring your degeneracy to our country

    • @amuqi8025
      @amuqi8025 11 месяцев назад

      Because they don’t wanna drug or gun problems like they have in uk and usa everywhere overdoses gun crime stabbing

    • @joek2430
      @joek2430 10 месяцев назад +1

      Ikr! I personally thank God I don’t have the slightest intrusive interest to visit such backward countries! Stay away!😢😢😢

    • @veronicagallo2624
      @veronicagallo2624 10 месяцев назад +1

      *Muslim Country.*

  • @katecackett
    @katecackett 6 месяцев назад +13

    I hope Billy gets his freedom soon absolutely ridiculous being locked up for doing nothing wrong 24 years beware visiting dubai

    • @hifi8844
      @hifi8844 4 месяца назад +2

      Is he still there now ?

    • @florentinamandache-w5h
      @florentinamandache-w5h 13 дней назад

      @@hifi8844 i think so ,,,some say they change the sentace to 10y

  • @carlosbent5046
    @carlosbent5046 3 месяца назад +9

    The longer he sits in jail for that.. madness the sooner he'll go absolutely mad thinking about it😢 poor kid 🤨 hope it works out okay I want nothing to do with that country you can't walk down the road with a woman on your arm if it's not your wife

    • @Accuface2000
      @Accuface2000 2 месяца назад +1

      How about obeying the laws? Is that hard to do

    • @Phillip-p1e
      @Phillip-p1e 15 дней назад

      I take it you are married? Why would you want to walk down the road with another woman. Obey the rules especially in Dubai..

    • @netty8960
      @netty8960 13 дней назад

      @@Accuface2000Like that lot ever behave when they visit the west.

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 10 дней назад

      Kid? He's 25 and don't listen to the chit chat of mainstream media on channels like this that appeal to your middle class outrage that foreigners can imprison your grown up children if they break the law. Instead, Google what this man really did and his background and then make a judgement

    • @Grovel_Gravel
      @Grovel_Gravel 8 дней назад

      ​@@Accuface2000
      How about not going to Dubai unless it's to offer the workers a better job elsewhere.

  • @JAWZMUZIK1
    @JAWZMUZIK1 10 месяцев назад +9

    Stay away!!!

  • @Hagar934
    @Hagar934 Год назад +14

    You can be piss tested in some countries so even if you're not carrying anything you can be banged up if you took something beforehand in a different country

  • @lesleywild8706
    @lesleywild8706 10 месяцев назад +6

    Dubai must have more room in their prisons than we do if they can accommodate people for so long over this type of thing.

    • @A.A.
      @A.A. 8 месяцев назад +3

      They dont need space, they have better law than your country and they actually apply those laws.

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@A.A. Yeah, extremely ridiculous laws like locking someone up for 25 years over this

    • @Phillip-p1e
      @Phillip-p1e 15 дней назад

      Obey the rules... Dubai is a great place to go , you can make your money and enjoy your life....​@keifer7813

  • @jackieo8235
    @jackieo8235 11 месяцев назад +15

    It’s a pity foreigners don’t respect our laws, culture etc, maybe if our judiciary laid the law down, our country wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in now.

    • @Frugal637
      @Frugal637 5 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry but yal don’t have to worry about this foreigner moving there or visiting. Proud to be an American 🇺🇸.

    • @Accuface2000
      @Accuface2000 2 месяца назад

      @Frugal637 - Be proud in America, not in Dubai and you will avoid jail

    • @colettesteel4568
      @colettesteel4568 Месяц назад

      Did u watch the same video. It says he dropped his friend off at the airport and the friend left it in his car??

    • @florentinamandache-w5h
      @florentinamandache-w5h 13 дней назад

      @@colettesteel4568 yes and guees what once the friend was out of the country the police cought him .. he was set up... 100%

  • @theworldisavampire3346
    @theworldisavampire3346 Год назад +14

    If you are a Westerner and not Uber rich, you will feel like you stepped into a dystopian novel. Eberything is "permitted" but dont you dare do it. Very unsettling.

    • @craigshannon6011
      @craigshannon6011 11 месяцев назад +4

      You couldn't even pay me to visit a place like that. I've heard of a guy getting jailed for accidentally brushing past someone in a crowded restaurant.

    • @painexotic3757
      @painexotic3757 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@craigshannon6011 same. I had a friend who went to dubai, despite me warning her not to. I cant comprehend why anyone would want to go to any saudi country. Theyre super strict and hate western values. IDC how fancy their cities are.

    • @Frugal637
      @Frugal637 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@craigshannon6011A woman from NY got arrested for the same thing.

    • @demetter7936
      @demetter7936 Месяц назад

      @@painexotic3757 You have absolutely no clue what you're saying. Dubai isn't a Saudi country, its in the UAE. The Majority of the population are expats and Dubai has become extremely westernized, the nightlife is crazy. Do not speak on stuff you aren't educated on.

  • @celtictarotreadings333
    @celtictarotreadings333 24 дня назад +3

    Obviously I don’t agree with the sentence but this is why you should do your research before vivisting another country

  • @joniswinton7350
    @joniswinton7350 Год назад +22

    Tragic situation poor lad pray to God Almighty for his release and prove his innocence. Best to keep away from these weird countries

    • @JAWZMUZIK1
      @JAWZMUZIK1 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly

    • @veronicagallo2624
      @veronicagallo2624 10 месяцев назад

      *Very sensible comment.*

    • @Frugal637
      @Frugal637 5 месяцев назад +2

      You couldn’t pay me to visit

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 10 дней назад

      Should we not pray to Allah, he's in charge over there

  • @jl_nwestie
    @jl_nwestie 3 месяца назад +4

    Why not deportation at least? They must have needed friends for the other inmates.

  • @stephenmurray8559
    @stephenmurray8559 Месяц назад +2

    He appealed and had his sentence reduced to 10 years.

  • @abdulrahmansaad9027
    @abdulrahmansaad9027 4 месяца назад +2

    What about the eye of justice the judge should have a mercy on such a person like belly already drugs are sold everywhere nowadays its not fair to end his career and his life 😢

    • @GanymedeXD
      @GanymedeXD Месяц назад

      In some other countries he had been sentenced to death over this … well known this is dangerous!

  • @richard09able
    @richard09able 3 месяца назад +1

    The only way to make them take notice is to impact them politically and be very effective in warning all residents before visiting that country

  • @0fficer_friendly
    @0fficer_friendly Год назад +15

    Damn that's messed up, hopefully he gets out way before that

  • @meghanelaraby277
    @meghanelaraby277 29 дней назад +2

    Heard " it's not mine! " officer before! 🙄

  • @Wulfdane
    @Wulfdane Год назад +15

    When traveling to foreign counties understand that some countries have *very strict* drug laws, what may be legal in the West may be illegal in other countries and it’s your responsibility to figure that out.
    When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do and respect their laws and culture.

  • @IlfordRules16
    @IlfordRules16 Год назад +8

    How did his friend even have CBD in the UAE in the first place?

    • @charlessmith263
      @charlessmith263 Год назад +7

      Biggest tip in foreign countries with severe drug laws like Dubai - be careful on whom you hang out with, especially close friends. Trust nobody unless you are absolutely sure they will not place or plant contraband at the wrong places in Dubai!

  • @bakuldada7838
    @bakuldada7838 6 месяцев назад +4

    25 freaking years

  • @ArtiKamlapati-lv7pg
    @ArtiKamlapati-lv7pg 9 дней назад

    This is outrageous. I hope he appeals and come back home.

  • @TheAW76
    @TheAW76 Год назад +20

    Over CBD oil????? Is that a joke???

    • @amuqi8025
      @amuqi8025 11 месяцев назад +3

      Who r u its their country their rules

    • @whoever_81
      @whoever_81 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@amuqi8025 No who r u

    • @amuqi8025
      @amuqi8025 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@whoever_81 i am your mom boyfriend

    • @veronicagallo2624
      @veronicagallo2624 10 месяцев назад +5

      *Nope, looong time ago was illegal in my and your country too. Now it's "normal"*

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@veronicagallo2624 I can understand making it illegal, but 25 years? That is absolutely nuts

  • @ryansweeney5716
    @ryansweeney5716 3 дня назад

    Drugs destroy lives

  • @numerologicatarot3333
    @numerologicatarot3333 Год назад +4

    Dubai surely does too much with its prison sentences!

    • @NQBully
      @NQBully Год назад +1

      Same thing happens in Russia and a lot of other countries

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 месяца назад

      ​@@NQBully Don't think anyone is defending Russia 😂

  • @ericaquino6389
    @ericaquino6389 8 месяцев назад +4

    Uk and America should just take over 😂 take their silly rules out the world

    • @yourworld64
      @yourworld64 7 месяцев назад +2

      Silly rules ? They are better then uk and us .atleast they don't have philadelpehia .

    • @jl_nwestie
      @jl_nwestie 3 месяца назад

      ​@yourworld64 Philedelphia 😂😂 No laws on bad spelling in English I take it.
      And oh, you VERY much do have it. You just don't see it because who advertises such things? NO ONE! You wouldn't even know about this man being locked up if it wasn't for OUR media making it known. Who else is lurking in your jails I wonder with no media presence? Try and educate yourself on your laws and foreigners in jail. Then look at our laws and your residents in our jail. Then go and educate yourselves on CBD oil and if you want learn WHERE Philedelphia is. 😂

  • @TGIF82
    @TGIF82 7 дней назад

    I can never understand why people like Dubai. I was offered a high paid job at around the time when the story of princess Latifa came out- her video, I declined the job without any doubt even if I really didn’t have any verification of the story as oneone knew what has happened to her. The violations of human rights there is just not ok, so I go somewhere where they don’t treat own people alright, and women. Hope the young chap can get out soon. 🤞

  • @FransceneJK98
    @FransceneJK98 10 месяцев назад +7

    It’s his fault for not being careful and learning UAE’s super strict drug laws. They’re notorious for it. Check your car and friends too. But 25 years is insane.

  • @billygnasher
    @billygnasher Год назад +6

    Strict Drug Laws in some countries Break the Law they will punish you so respect the laws in other countries simple.

    • @Thaddeus-ml8if
      @Thaddeus-ml8if 11 месяцев назад +1

      Strict laws for your average Joe but not for their elites.

    • @colettesteel4568
      @colettesteel4568 Месяц назад

      Clearly states his friend left it in his car after he got dropped off at airport so not his fault

  • @PrincessCashmonie
    @PrincessCashmonie 3 месяца назад +3

    25 years! He’s going to learn one day if not today!

    • @colettesteel4568
      @colettesteel4568 Месяц назад +3

      Did u watch the same video it clearly says he dropped his mate off at the airport and his mate left it in the car ffs

    • @Senny_sen
      @Senny_sen Месяц назад

      ​@@colettesteel4568 Sounds like mom I am holding that for a friend. It's not mine?

  • @reggiekray723
    @reggiekray723 10 дней назад

    We are white middle class British people. We should not be expected to follow foreign laws when we go abroad. Sorry love, the Empire is over and even human rights lawyer Starmer wont help you with this one

  • @so4real
    @so4real Год назад +5

    Why do they sign a confessing statement they don't understand and cannot read???
    This is what the others have done.

    • @Nightwing-bh2tn
      @Nightwing-bh2tn Год назад +8

      The allegation is that he was beaten until he signed it.

    • @FransceneJK98
      @FransceneJK98 10 месяцев назад

      Cuz they want a 100% conviction rate

  • @martinkeating8227
    @martinkeating8227 11 месяцев назад +4

    Silly Billy 😮

  • @blak_karib
    @blak_karib Месяц назад +2

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 don't do the crime, won't do the time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dawnpettet5280
    @dawnpettet5280 Год назад +5

    Countries.....even Britain have RULES. Respect and obey the RULES and everything is ok. if he knew this was being used. He had no one to blame but himself.
    EVERYONE... OBEY RULES WHEN YOU VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY. It's called respect.

    • @jogn5486
      @jogn5486 11 месяцев назад +1

      They make the rules up as they go, he was beaten and forced to sign a confession in a language he didn't speak or understand, they then dropped he's charge to unintentionally holding cbd then a year on from when he got arested thry made cbd legal?

    • @jogn5486
      @jogn5486 11 месяцев назад

      They make the rules up as they go, he was beaten and forced to sign a confession in a language he didn't speak or understand, they then dropped he's charge to unintentionally holding cbd then a year on from when he got arested thry made cbd legal?

    • @jogn5486
      @jogn5486 11 месяцев назад

      They make the rules up as they go, he was beaten and forced to sign a confession in a language he didn't speak or understand, they then dropped he's charge to unintentionally holding cbd then a year on from when he got arested thry made cbd legal?

    • @jogn5486
      @jogn5486 11 месяцев назад

      They make the rules up as they go, he was beaten and forced to sign a confession in a language he didn't speak or understand, they then dropped he's charge to unintentionally holding cbd then a year on from when he got arested thry made cbd legal?

    • @morganevans4145
      @morganevans4145 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@jogn5486 go away

  • @thebritexiteer7956
    @thebritexiteer7956 Год назад +11

    Islamic country...

    • @liyjay
      @liyjay Год назад +2

      Jesus is the one and only true god

    • @MohamedAli-ko8gc
      @MohamedAli-ko8gc 23 дня назад

      One of the safest countries. Can’t say the same for the UK.

    • @MohamedAli-ko8gc
      @MohamedAli-ko8gc 23 дня назад

      @@liyjay Jesus never said that.

  • @theeverestt4397
    @theeverestt4397 Год назад +7

    There is literally no excuse for this man's behavior. He knew full well what was in his luggage and the potential ramifications if he was caught with CBD oil, yet he knowingly brought them into the country.

    • @silversxv4390
      @silversxv4390 11 месяцев назад +5

      Did you even watch the video?

    • @theeverestt4397
      @theeverestt4397 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@silversxv4390 Did you?

    • @emmas9928
      @emmas9928 10 месяцев назад

      @@silversxv4390Answer: clearly not.

    • @BrookeReuss
      @BrookeReuss 10 месяцев назад

      That's not the story at all ...

    • @colettesteel4568
      @colettesteel4568 Месяц назад +1

      His friend left it in his car after been dropped off at airport ffs did u watch the whole video . Was his mates not his

  • @Accuface2000
    @Accuface2000 2 месяца назад +3

    Good job Dubai, some of these tourists are entitled. Throw away the key🤣🤣

    • @fourstars5270
      @fourstars5270 2 месяца назад +4

      I wish you no good in life, your day is coming, pray god have mercy on you when it does. Remember this comment

    • @GanymedeXD
      @GanymedeXD Месяц назад +2

      @@fourstars5270Stupid comment … you violate their strict laws … you get punished!

  • @fitzhutchinson1816
    @fitzhutchinson1816 Год назад +9

    Every body is lying, the guy is a drug addict,,, respect the law.

  • @uzbek1988
    @uzbek1988 Год назад +3

    They should nuke dubai for that

    • @keifer7813
      @keifer7813 2 месяца назад

      What a dumb thing to say. Not just morally, but practically

  • @hassanalhammadi1990
    @hassanalhammadi1990 Год назад +8

    Not allowed in the UAE any type of this stuff...so i wish that he enjoy the the 25 years mostvof there speeches is laying.

    • @Adamnajdi1994
      @Adamnajdi1994 Год назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣 laying?

    • @hassanalhammadi1990
      @hassanalhammadi1990 Год назад +1

      @@Adamnajdi1994 yes

    • @hassanalhammadi1990
      @hassanalhammadi1990 Год назад +3

      He was trying to smagel 2 kg or weed ...any country will take action of putting hin more than 20 years

    • @hassanalhammadi1990
      @hassanalhammadi1990 Год назад +2

      @Adam Najdi never believed in news unless u saw with ur own eyes

    • @Adamnajdi1994
      @Adamnajdi1994 Год назад +2

      @@hassanalhammadi1990 and how do you know this ?

  • @Mz-ul1xm
    @Mz-ul1xm Год назад +2

    All I can say is haha

  • @johndepasco9582
    @johndepasco9582 Год назад +16

    Dont go to muslim coutries

    • @gsss1236
      @gsss1236 10 месяцев назад +1

      Or follow laws 😂

  • @iMatti00
    @iMatti00 Год назад +13

    👨‍⚖️ ~ The same laws exist in the United States, and they existed in almost every state even 10 years ago. The difference between the United States and Dubai is we are a civilized country they do not punish people for 25 years for something so small and insignificant. And that’s especially true if you can prove that you didn’t even know it was in your car at all.

    • @SP-qo3pd
      @SP-qo3pd Год назад +12

      That's bullshit and you know it. He knew the laws were extreme and he took a risk and paid the price. I don't buy it for a second that the vape juice belonged to his friend either. Let me guess, he can't reach him?

    • @Daniel-d5v2q
      @Daniel-d5v2q Год назад +2

      Civilized you say 😆

    • @iMatti00
      @iMatti00 Год назад +4

      @@JoshRichardson-ko1ij- That’s not even close to being correct. If you live in the US then you know that’s silly. If a cop really wants to put you in jail they can do so, but you’ll be out within a couple of hours in almost every place. Plus we treat men and women the same according to the law, more or less.

    • @Gnarmarmilla
      @Gnarmarmilla Год назад

      No, we are not civilized. In every state in this country you will go to jail for the rest of your life if you have a plant that treats altitude sickness, all because people who sell patented altitude sickness medicine have bribed the whole world to ban and stigmatize this plant, the coca leaf, a plant that has phenomenal medicinal value and Big Pharma knows it.
      No, my friend, our country’s leaders are exceedingly wicked and corrupt. They lie to people about the most affordable medicines for people who selfishly sell and hoard expensive ones.
      “Propaganda only works on those who are not educated.”
      -Adolf Hitler
      Don’t be deceived like Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Get truly educated and do not believe everything this corrupt government tells you about drugs.
      The whole War On Drugs is a wicked scandal and no country has resisted the bribes that are being offered by Big Pharma to carry it out.

    • @JAWZMUZIK1
      @JAWZMUZIK1 10 месяцев назад +2

      Tell that to BLACK Americans