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Grooverider released from prison


The drum & bass legend has returned home to the UK.
Words / Resident Advisor
Published / Friday, 05 September 2008 07:00 PM
Category / International News
Comments / 137 Comments

UK drum & bass legend Grooverider has been released from prison.

As many sites rumored yesterday, the DJ/producer is now back on English soil, as he was one of the lucky 700 inmates that received pardons during the month of Ramadan.

Grooverider originally faced four years in the slammer due to his possession of more than 2 grams of cannabis, which was detected at the Dubai airport in November of last year. The DJ was said to have already visited friends and family yesterday.
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mwahwrote
Wed, 24 Sep 2008Cultural difference.
You might find its nice to open up to it once in a while.

Aleks_Bwrote
Thu, 11 Sep 2008great news!

camkingsizewrote
Thu, 11 Sep 2008Good to hear the man is back!

dare283wrote
Thu, 11 Sep 2008well im glad hes home so fuck you haters,the guys a icon amoung djs the godfather of drum and bass hope dubia get wash away in some freakey weather backward barstards

duncanclarkwrote
Thu, 11 Sep 2008Clever Dubai for jailing him in the first place. They're trying to get western investment, business and tourists, but banging-up anyone who has ever come within a mile radius of sex or drugs is about as off-putting as you can get. I wouldn't touch Dubai with a ten foot bargepole - would you?

vindic8orwrote
Wed, 10 Sep 2008Well he got off lightly. It's a good thing they didn't brutally execute him in the middle of a cheering stadium.

They're rather sophisticated in Dubai compared to some shariah countries.


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