Irish teacher faces deportation from Dubai
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An Irish teacher faces deportation from Dubai - after losing a three-year legal battle against a conviction for flicking his middle-finger at a driver.
'I used my right hand to say we have to get into left lane' - Irish teacher vows to fight Dubai deportation for 'finger flicking'
The Waterford man wants to stay in Dubai and the Irish community have begun a campaign to have him pardoned.
Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland programme earlier today, Mr Hayes denied making the action.
“The only thing that could be, and I’m not saying this man is 100pc telling lies, as we’re coming to the roundabout I used my right hand to say we have to get into the left lane and we have to turn in here.”
As well as the 'public obscenity' charge, Mr Hayes was also fined for having alcohol in his system, which he admitted to.
Mr Hayes explained that anybody found with alcohol in their system are automatically fined €1,000.
"Anybody who’s in any trouble they do a blood test and if you’ve any alcohol in system they’ll charge you. it’s a criminal offence if you make a gesture to everybody, it is completely against the law and the culture and I know that."
But he categorically denies the 'public obscenity' charge.
'I used my right hand to say we have to get into left lane' - Irish teacher vows to fight Dubai deportation for 'finger flicking' - Independent.ie