'They just threw me in a cell.'
Waterloo Road actress Sofia Hayat was detained in Dubai An actress who appeared in BBC’s series Waterloo Road has revealed that she was detained in Dubai for two months after accidentally committing a crime. Sofia Hayat who played Jones in Waterloo Road and appeared in the Indian version of Big Brother, has revealed that she was detained in the UAE after travelling there on holiday.
’ She then revealed: ‘I had no idea I’d committed a crime until I contacted the public prosecutor. ‘I just wanted to go home.’ The actress flew to Dubai on December 28 but was unable to leave until months later. ‘They just threw me in a cell – they didn’t tell me anything. ‘When I asked what was going on, the policeman just told me to “shut up”. At first, I was having panic attacks. I was shaking and crying as they questioned me. They kept saying I’d threatened to expose a sex tape.
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