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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Dubai bank is behind British businessman’s 30-year jail sentence, family claims

Ryan and Heather posing for photo together
Ryan Cornelius, pictured with his wife, Heather, was detained in 2008. Photograph: Detained in Dubai

A Dubai bank is instrumental in the long-running detention of the 71-year-old British businessman Ryan Cornelius, who is serving a 30-year sentence that will keep him in jail until he is 84, his brother-in-law claims.

Recent accounts show the Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), which claims to be the trailblazer in championing Islamic values in banking, is on course to make more than $2bn in profit this year.

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