Briton David Haigh, the previous overseeing chief of Leeds United, has been cleared in Dubai over charges identifying with a tweet. Mr Haigh had argued not blameworthy to digital criticism after he was blamed for sending a hostile tweet around a business accomplice.
He has been in jail in Dubai since May 2014, serving a two-year sentence for monetary misappropriation.
His representative said he was enchanted to see the end of a "22-month bad dream".
Ian Monk, Mr Haigh's representative, said: "David is enchanted that the bad dream of very nearly two years in prison... David now would like to be brought together with his family in the UK for Easter. He will have more to say then."
Mr Haigh had been confined in what the BBC's Mark Lobel said were "unsanitary conditions" at a detainment cell at the back of a major police headquarters in Dubai.
Human Rights Watch had beforehand portrayed the digital charges as "oppressive" and had approached the UK government to require his discharge.
The Yorkshire-conceived specialist and representative was initially captured in Dubai on 18 May 2014, when he was confined without charge for 14 months and had his overall resources solidified.
At that point in August 2015, he was indicted misusing things of money related worth from a position of trust from his previous Dubai-based manager and sentenced to two years in jail - the dominant part of which he had as of now served.
He had anticipated that would profit to the UK for 16 November a year ago, in the wake of serving year and a half in jail.
The most recent grievance against Mr Haigh was from his previous manager, speculation bank Gulf Finance House (GFH), about tweets sent from his Twitter account in March 2015.
Mr Haigh denied the claims and contended that he couldn't have submitted the charged Twitter offense while in prison. He said British-based supporters were taking care of his Twitter account for his sake.
The Briton had been the vice president official of GFH Capital Limited, a completely claimed auxiliary of GFH, before leaving on 10 March 2014.
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