The Emirati officer who was sentenced to one month in jail for posting Lionel Messi's passport details online has been acquitted on by Dubai’s Court of Appeals, reported Emarat Al Youm.
The officer was acquitted of charges on assault of privacy of the football player, when he was on a visit to Dubai on December 27, 2015.
The court overturned the ruling of the Court of First Instance, which had sentenced the cop one month in jail.
According to prosecution records, the officer had gone to the airport to submit sick leave when he learnt that Messi was about to arrive.
He told investigating officers that he wanted to take a picture with his idol, but he learnt he could not do so. Later, while passing by the passport control counter he spotted Messi's passport. So he clicked pictures of it the posted on Snapchat.