After serving 10 months of a 4-year sentence for possessing drugs, Radio 1 DJ Grooverider has been released from prison in Dubai. The DJ (real name Raymond Bingham), was arrested on 23 November 2007 after 2.16 grams of cannabis was found in his pocket at an airport.

Bingham said he had forgotten about the drugs, and was seemingly unaware that Dubai has some seriously stern laws about such things. Silly billy. In the wake of his sentence, numerous media outlets campaigned for an early release - this seems to have got through to the Dubai authorities, with the DJ being pardoned by the Dubai Royal Family.

Maybe we can get the Queen to let Snoop Dogg into the UK again?