AN innocent Brit granddad trapped in a Dubai prison is lucky to be alive after a crazed inmate strangled him with a telephone cord.
Albert Douglas, 61, was trying to get through to his family from Al Barsha prison when the lunatic struck from behind.
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Call operators thought he was having a stroke and immediately called his son Wolfgang Douglas in the UK.
Holding back tears, the 36-year-old said his dad’s attacker “tried their best to strangle him to death”.
He added: “They called me straight away and said they think he’s having a stroke because he’s gargling.
“He wasn’t, he was being strangled to death. He is just a frail old man. He is totally and utterly finished now.”
Albert managed to fight the nut off during the October attack but was rushed to hospital.
He was then thrown into isolation in a room with no light or fresh air for a month where he…
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