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Dubai Cops beat Brit to death | hotklix
A BRITISH tourist was savagely beaten for two days by brutal Dubai cops who then left him to die in his cell, sickened inmates said last night.
Lee Brown, 39 - arrested after a hotel row - was stripped and handcuffed before being pulverised by up to six officers with their feet, fists and batons.
He was then dragged unconscious into solitary confinement where he was left battered and bloodied for three days before dying of his injuries.
One prisoner at the Bur Dubai police station - who The Sun contacted by mobile phone - said last night: "It was inhuman. He was cuffed by his hands and his legs. Officers were punching and kicking him everywhere.
"He was bleeding from the head and hands and crying, pleading for them to stop."
Another witness said: "He was assaulted so badly his head split open. Then he was left to rot."
Lee's horrific punishment was revealed after two inmates at the police station phoned his family on Tuesday and begged them to help him. They had got his contact details from his passport.
In the harrowing call, they said cops had clubbed him unconscious and they feared he would die.
Early yesterday morning, the family received another call to say Lee's body had been taken away from his cell in a body bag.
And last night the Foreign Office confirmed maintenance man Lee, of Ilford, Essex, had died in police custody and they were liaising with Dubai cops.
Appealing for a probe into her son's death, devastated mum Doris, 67, of Dagenham, Essex, said: "I can't believe this has happened. It is every mother's nightmare. The first thing I knew Lee was on holiday in Dubai, the next thing I know he's dead."
Lee had gone away alone last Wednesday on a last-minute holiday to the plush Burj Al Arab hotel - a favourite with celebs including Wayne Rooney.
But within hours of arriving in the strict Arab emirate, he was arrested over a row with a hotel chambermaid and taken to the detention centre at Bur Dubai.
The Sun has spoken to witnesses there with access to smuggled mobile phones. One, whose identity we are protecting, told how Lee was stripped with just a T-shirt tied around his waist and held down in a chair as police kicked and punched him.
Hotel ... Lee Brown was at Burj Al Arab
Hotel ... Lee Brown was at Burj Al Arab
He said: "They beat him for a long time because he refused to go into solitary. He was conscious and aware of everything."
A second inmate - a Brit - said the beatings continued the next day. He added: "He was screaming in pain, yelling, 'Let go of me', and 'Don't do this'."
Another prisoner said: "He was unconscious for three days before he died. We begged the guards to get him medical treatment but they just shrugged and laughed."
Foreign prisoners - thought to include six Brits - are now on hunger strike fearing they could suffer the same fate as Lee. The scandal is the latest to engulf Dubai, where many British tourists and expats have suffered inhumane treatment by cops.
Lee's sister-in-law Su, 40, and brother Steve, 37, said: "How can this happen in this day and age?
"We fear the Dubai government will cover this up. We need justice for Lee. We need to know what happened."
It is understood the Foreign Office has specifically asked Dubai police to investigate whether Lee was beaten to death and warned they will be watching to ensure there is no cover-up.
Dubai police confirmed a British man had died in the detention centre at Bur Dubai police station. A spokesman added: "We are now waiting for the forensic report to see the cause of death."
b.flynn@the-sun.co.uk
A BRITISH tourist was savagely beaten for two days by brutal Dubai cops who then left him to die in his cell, sickened inmates said last night.
Lee Brown, 39 - arrested after a hotel row - was stripped and handcuffed before being pulverised by up to six officers with their feet, fists and batons.
He was then dragged unconscious into solitary confinement where he was left battered and bloodied for three days before dying of his injuries.
One prisoner at the Bur Dubai police station - who The Sun contacted by mobile phone - said last night: "It was inhuman. He was cuffed by his hands and his legs. Officers were punching and kicking him everywhere.
"He was bleeding from the head and hands and crying, pleading for them to stop."
Another witness said: "He was assaulted so badly his head split open. Then he was left to rot."
Lee's horrific punishment was revealed after two inmates at the police station phoned his family on Tuesday and begged them to help him. They had got his contact details from his passport.
In the harrowing call, they said cops had clubbed him unconscious and they feared he would die.
Early yesterday morning, the family received another call to say Lee's body had been taken away from his cell in a body bag.
And last night the Foreign Office confirmed maintenance man Lee, of Ilford, Essex, had died in police custody and they were liaising with Dubai cops.
Appealing for a probe into her son's death, devastated mum Doris, 67, of Dagenham, Essex, said: "I can't believe this has happened. It is every mother's nightmare. The first thing I knew Lee was on holiday in Dubai, the next thing I know he's dead."
Lee had gone away alone last Wednesday on a last-minute holiday to the plush Burj Al Arab hotel - a favourite with celebs including Wayne Rooney.
But within hours of arriving in the strict Arab emirate, he was arrested over a row with a hotel chambermaid and taken to the detention centre at Bur Dubai.
The Sun has spoken to witnesses there with access to smuggled mobile phones. One, whose identity we are protecting, told how Lee was stripped with just a T-shirt tied around his waist and held down in a chair as police kicked and punched him.
Hotel ... Lee Brown was at Burj Al Arab
Hotel ... Lee Brown was at Burj Al Arab
He said: "They beat him for a long time because he refused to go into solitary. He was conscious and aware of everything."
A second inmate - a Brit - said the beatings continued the next day. He added: "He was screaming in pain, yelling, 'Let go of me', and 'Don't do this'."
Another prisoner said: "He was unconscious for three days before he died. We begged the guards to get him medical treatment but they just shrugged and laughed."
Foreign prisoners - thought to include six Brits - are now on hunger strike fearing they could suffer the same fate as Lee. The scandal is the latest to engulf Dubai, where many British tourists and expats have suffered inhumane treatment by cops.
Lee's sister-in-law Su, 40, and brother Steve, 37, said: "How can this happen in this day and age?
"We fear the Dubai government will cover this up. We need justice for Lee. We need to know what happened."
It is understood the Foreign Office has specifically asked Dubai police to investigate whether Lee was beaten to death and warned they will be watching to ensure there is no cover-up.
Dubai police confirmed a British man had died in the detention centre at Bur Dubai police station. A spokesman added: "We are now waiting for the forensic report to see the cause of death."
b.flynn@the-sun.co.uk
