Millsyisland

'Smashed a police van up' - do you mean you got angry and smashed it up with a baseball bat or you were drunk driving and drove into it?

Surprised we've not read a Daily Mail article about this - maybe after the court case.....

Ethos83

The DM avoids bad press as much as possible. At least Spugs isn't locked up in jail while waiting for the trial - which is in his favour.

But I'd still bet the odds on deportation at the sentencing.

lionheart

The lad simply suffers from claustrophobia and so the violence was an inevitable consequence of the Policeman's stupidity in locking him up...my lud.

Ethos83

How.....did Spugsy get into the police van in the first place?

Autonomy

Bloody hell - give it rest. I'm sure it will all be ok for Spugs...

Bit of support would be nice rather than conspiracy theories....

lionheart

He was pretending to be Doctor Who and thought he had entered the Tardis, simple really.

co durham boy

You think the lad had went on a mass murder spree , he's only human FFS..!

commander

I agree, slap on the wrist sonny, youve paid your dues, you were a bit young, had too much to drink, now .......off

Blue Cat

bollocks! you are talking absolute rubbish

lionheart

A little harsh, don't you think? After all, Ethos is only saying what your average Daily Mail reader would be thinking...UAE being a Police state with beatings and torture a common occurrence.

Blue Cat

he got pissed up, put in a corner and lashed out, hardly deportation material. I thought we were supposed to support each other not scare the living day lights out of people!

commander

a good arse shagging will sort him out just fine. He may even enjoy it. Release the inner poof.

lionheart

Having myself been given a two week jail sentence in Kenya for very much less, I sincerely hope that your optimism is not misplaced. Whatever the outcome, Spugsy will undoubtedly be fine and will probably regard the whole episode as simply good anecdotal material for future dinner parties or stories to tell his umpteen grandchildren.

Blue Cat

or cats

Oyibopeppeh

Getting banged up in any *****ed up country isn't fun.

Last year I spent 10 days in jail courtesy of the Nigeria SSS and Immigration Service. I was never badly treated, but the conditions were awful and would never wish the same upon any Brit.

Thankfully there was no case to answer and I was released without charge.

******* nasty experience though...and all the best to Spugsy