Overview
- Brooke George, 23, remains in custody in Dubai after being charged with murder and says she acted in self-defence against an alleged attack.
- Detained in Dubai has submitted intelligence to UK and UAE authorities and urged UK police to secure mobile-phone data and interview contacts who received calls from the apartment to preserve evidence.
- Reports say five people were at the flat the night of the incident, including two friends of the victim and a maid, and at least one person present is believed to have contacted people in Britain afterwards.
- The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says it is in touch with the detained woman and supporting her family while the influencer’s mother describes her daughter as frightened and injured after the incident.
- The victim, William Treeby, had prior convictions and was due to face a UK trial on a conspiracy-to-supply-cocaine charge, a detail campaigners say may be relevant to identifying witnesses and motives.