British student Matt Hedges (R) and his wife Daniela Tejada. Hedges who had been sentenced to life at the UAE for spying was on November 26, 2018 pardoned. [Daniela Tejada/AFP/File / HO]
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned British academic Matthew Hedges just days after sentencing him to life in prison for spying in a case that stunned Britain and his family.