Abakhenkethi base-UK baminxwe kukufa ngenxa yokuhlanza kwabo ngelixa egcinwe ngamapolisa e-Dubai, utshilo amagosa asekuhlaleni.
U-Lee Brown, oneminyaka engama-39, wasempuma yeLondon, wabanjwa kwihotele yaseBurj Al Arab emva kokutyholwa ngokuxhaphaza ngokomzimba nangokuthuka umntu obhinqileyo.
I-UK icele uphando phakathi kweengxelo zokuba wabethwa ngamagosa.
Kodwa ibango lakhatywa lipolisa elingachazwanga elicatshulwe ngamajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni kwaye igqwetha jikelele laseDubai lathi umkhosi ulandela “imigangatho ephezulu”.
Igqwetha jikelele laseDubai u-Issam Al Humaidan uthe uhlolisiso lonyango lomzimba lwagqiba ukuba ukubhubha kukaMnumzana Brown kubangelwe kukufuthanisela emva kokuba umgabho wavuza kumjelo wokuphefumla.
Kwisiteyitimenti uvakalise amazwi ovelwano kusapho lukaMnumzana Brown kwaye wathi amapolisa akummandla weGulf emirate aphethe amabanjwa ngentlonipho kwaye "alawulwa yimigangatho ephezulu yokugcina amalungelo oluntu".
Ngokweengxelo kumaphephandaba amaninzi e-UK, uMnumzana Brown wabanjwa nge-6 ka-Epreli ngelixa ekwiholide yomzuzu wokugqibela.
Kuthiwa usiwe kwisikhululo samapolisa saseBur Dubai apho kutyholwa ukuba wabethwa waze washiywa esiseleni.
IOfisi yezangaphandle ithe amagosa ebenxibelelana nosapho lukaMnumzana Brown kwaye ebebonelela ngoncedo lwe-consular.
Wongeze ukuba amagosa eDubai athethe noMnumzana uBrown emva kokubanjwa kwakhe kwaye enze amalungiselelo okumbona nge-13 ka-Epreli.
Isithethi sithe: “Singakuqinisekisa ukubhubha kuka-Lee Brown nge-12 ka-Epreli ngelixa eseluvalelweni lwamapolisa. Iingcinga zethu zikusapho lukaMnumzana Brown ngeli xesha linzima kakhulu.
“U-Consul General uthethe ngqo namapolisa aseDubai kwinqanaba eliphezulu izihlandlo ezininzi ukugxininisa ukubaluleka kophando olupheleleyo.
“Amapolisa asiqinisekisile ukuba ayaphanda kwaye sisanxibelelana nabo ngokusondeleyo.”
IOfisi yezangaphandle yongeze ukuba "inani lezicelo" lenziwe egameni labanye abantu baseBritane kwisikhululo samapolisa kwaye amagosa ase-UK abandwendwele nge-14 ka-Epreli kwaye bazakuqhakamshelana neentsapho zabo.
Ngokweqela lenkxaso iDetained In Dubai elizinze eLondon, usapho lukaMnumzana Brown luqhagamshelane noNozakuzaku waseBritane eDubai ngeenkxalabo zabo malunga nokhuseleko lwakhe.
Amagosa ase-UK andwendwela isikhululo samapolisa apho wayevalelwe khona ngaphambi kokuba abhubhe kodwa axelelwa ukuba akafuni ukudibana nabo, eli qela lathi.
Ingxelo yephephandaba likaZwelonke kwingingqi yaseAbu Dhabi icaphule igosa lamapolisa lisithi uMnumzana uBrown wayengenamikrwelo okanye amanqaku abonisa ukuba uye wabethwa.
Eli gosa lixelele eli phephandaba ukuba umnumzana uBrown waqala ukugabha kusuku oluphambi kokubhubha kwakhe kodwa akazange akhalaze okanye acele uncedo lonyango.
Kwisiteyitimenti, iJumeirah Group, abanini behotele yodidi iBurj Al Arab, ithe: “Siyawazi lo mbandela kwaye siyaqonda ukuba uphethwe ngabasemagunyeni abafanelekileyo.
“Ngoko ke asinakuphawula okunye. Ngenxa yezizathu zabucala, ngumgaqo-nkqubo wethu ukungaxeli naziphi na iinkcukacha okanye ulwazi malunga neendwendwe ezihlala kwiihotele zethu.
