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Mathew Hedges, the British citizen who was convicted of spying in the UAE, has been pardoned by the President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 'with immediate effect' ahead of the country's National Day.
Hedges will be allowed to go home once the formalities of the pardon are completed, a government spokesperson announced on Monday.
The 31-year-old British PhD student was sentenced to life imprisonment last week by the Federal Court of Appeal in the UAE for espionage against the UAE.
"In response to a letter from the family of Mr Hedges requesting clemency - and in consideration of the historical relationship and close ties between the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom - His Highness decided to include Matthew Hedges among the 785 prisoners released," Jaber Al Lamki from the National Media Council (NMC) said by reading out a statement on behalf of the government.
Video: Convicted #British spy #MathewHedges has been granted clemency by the President of the UAE - https://t.co/4VF39xCyNd pic.twitter.com/qFi6qKyTKnA video footage of Hedges confessing to be a captain for MI6, the British intelligence service, was also shown to journalists. "But I am approaching them as Mathew Hedges PhD," Hedges could be heard telling the investigators in the footage.
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) November 26, 2018
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