Thought some of you might like to know:
GROOVERIDER ON HIS WAY HOME FROM DUBAI confirmed in Jungle Scene forum on JungleScene.com : Los Angeles Drum'n'Bass and Jungle 
good news yes indeed
grooverider is on his way back to the uk right now released this morning from dubai with a pardon
will update this soon
just found this 11 pm
700 prisoners win Ramadan pardon - Culture & Society - ArabianBusiness.com
700 prisoners win Ramadan pardon
by Claire Ferris-Lay on Wednesday, 27 August 2008
RAMADAN PARDONS: granted by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (Getty Images)
RAMADAN PARDONS: granted by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (Getty Images)
Seven hundred Emirati and expat prisoners will be released and granted executive pardon from prisons across the UAE to mark the holy month of Ramadan, it was reported on Wednesday.
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has also instructed the settlement of the prisoners’ debts, according to state news agency, Wam.
Muslim countries around the world pardon thousands of prisoners jailed for minor crimes during the holy month.
by Claire Ferris-Lay on Wednesday, 27 August 2008
RAMADAN PARDONS: granted by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (Getty Images)
RAMADAN PARDONS: granted by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (Getty Images)
Seven hundred Emirati and expat prisoners will be released and granted executive pardon from prisons across the UAE to mark the holy month of Ramadan, it was reported on Wednesday.
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has also instructed the settlement of the prisoners’ debts, according to state news agency, Wam.
Muslim countries around the world pardon thousands of prisoners jailed for minor crimes during the holy month.
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It is not yet known if the British DJ, Grooverider, was one of the pardoned prisoners.
The DJ, who was sentenced to four years in prison after he was caught at Dubai International Airport with a small amount of cannabis, was hoping to be released after it was revealed his name was on a list of possible pardons to be dealt with during Ramadan.
Pardons during the holy month are granted on humanitarian reasons.
Other factors taken into consideration include the nature of the crime, the length of sentence, good behaviour and how much of the jail term has been served.
Last year Sheikh Khalifa granted an executive pardon to 808 prisoners and settled prisoners’ debts worth $930,000.
update 9/4
Grooverider released from prison
Grooverider co-presented a drum and bass show on Radio 1
Radio 1 DJ Grooverider has been released from prison in Dubai after serving 10 months for possessing drugs.
The DJ, whose real name is Raymond Bingham, was in the middle of a four-year sentence.
But he has been let out early after being pardoned by the Dubai Royal Family. He has flown back to the UK to spend time with family and friends.
The DJ was originally arrested on 23 November 2007 after being caught with 2.16 grams of cannabis at the airport.
At the time Bingham said the drugs were in the pocket of a pair of trousers and he had forgotten about them. He was handed a four year sentence in February.
Grooverider co-presented a weekend drum & bass show on the station.