A Scot who was freed after being jailed in Dubai for three months over touching a man's hip says "no one should have to go through what I went through".

Jamie Harron, 27, from Stirling, was arrested for public indecency in July for touching the man in a bar but said he was only trying to avoid spilling his drink.

He was stripped of his documents and left stranded in the United Arab Emirates facing jail, jobless and in huge amounts of debt as a result of expenses and legal fees.

Mr Harron was then sentenced to three months in prison on Sunday but the decision was overturned in an order by the Ruler of Dubai.

He said he has now been contacted by authorities to be told his passport will be returned.

In a statement released through campaign group Detained in Dubai, which has been supporting Mr Harron and his family, the electrician said he was "struggling to come to terms with" his sudden release.

He said on Monday: "Yesterday, I faced months in a Dubai prison cell. Today, I was phoned to say I could collect my passport.

"The past few months have been up and down and full of worry for everyone.

"I am arranging flights back home now and can't wait to see my family."

Mr Harron added: "No one should have to go through what I went through. It's going to take me a while to recover.

"It is hard for my friends to imagine what was going through my head when I was told I would be jailed for months.

"I am struggling to come to terms with being released but will be having dinner with my friends tonight before I leave for good."

He originally travelled to Dubai on a two-day stopover while flying back to work in Afghanistan.

The incident happened on July 15 at the Rock Bottom bar in the emirate, where he was out with a friend.

Police then turned up and arrested Mr Harron, who claims he was jailed without knowing the charge and spent a week in prison.

He said a prosecutor later told him he had been charged with drinking alcohol and "public indecency".

Tourists who consume alcohol at licensed venues in Dubai can still be arrested for having alcohol in their system.

Most visitors are not aware of this and a number of British nationals have been caught out by the contradictory application of the law.

Radha Stirling, chief executive of Detained in Dubai, said the sheikh ordered the charges against Mr Harron to be dropped "because of so much international pressure and the fact it [the case] was affecting their tourism".