MPs call for sanctions over British man detained in Dubai for 17 years

Heather Cornelius poses as she hands a letter to 10 Downing Street, London, urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to meet her and take immediate action to secure her husband’s release (PA) - (PA Wire)

MPs and peers have urged the Foreign Secretary to sanction those responsible for the detention of a British man in Dubai for the past 17 years.

The group of 15 parliamentarians, led by Sir Iain Duncan Smith, said the case of Ryan Cornelius was a “flagrant example of arbitrary detention and abuse of power” as they asked David Lammy to publicly call for his release.