Scot freed in Iraq after Qatari conviction arrest

Brian Glendinning, who was detained on 12 September, is expected to return home to Fife within days.

He had agreed to take out a £20,000 loan with his bank in Qatar while working in Doha in 2016, but was not able to keep up full repayments when he lost his job.

"But then in Qatar, I believe that's a crime to them. It's not just defaulting on a bad credit history as we do here in the UK."Mr Glendinning was 'petrified' when he was detained in Iraq for a crime he did not know he had committedAnd he told how Mr Glendinning was "petrified" after being arrested at Basra airport on 12 September.

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