A British landscape architect has been fined after he asked colleagues in a meeting: 'When will we finish with the damn mosques?'
John Hall, 42, the former Millennium Dome site planner, works for the parks and recreation section of Abu Dhabi Municipality, and was appealing against a one-month prison sentence imposed by the Court of Misdemeanours.
Mr Hall’s lawyer persuaded the judge that the word damn could mean ‘strong criticism in an unofficial way’ and he was fined £840 instead. [MailOnline] Read more