Dallas Austin has been sentenced to four years in jail for drugs offences in Dubai, but has received a pardon from Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, according to the music producer's lawyers.
As previously reported, Austin was tried for possessing 1.26 grammes of cocaine when passing through Dubai Airport in May, en route to Naomi Campbell's birthday party. He claimed in court that he had accidentally brought the drug into the country, forgetting to get rid of it before leaving the US, where cocaine possession is, erm, what?
Austin's lawyers report that it will be a few days before full details of the pardon are available, but that the delay is "a matter of paperwork", and the producer will be released imminently.