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Manuel Guerrero Aviña: 'I never thought I'd return home'

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Manuel Guerrero Aviña was arrested in February after arranging to meet a man on gay dating app Grindr .

He was found guilty of possessing an illegal substance, given a six-month suspended prison sentence, fined 2,100 and was the subject of a deportation order.

The 45-year-old says he was targeted because he is gay, but Qatari officials insist he was arrested because of drug offences.

Homosexuality is criminalised in Qatar and human-rights groups have raised concerns over his treatment.

Former British diplomat in Qatar said the trial had been 'grossly unfair' and likened it to other cases he had dealt with.

Now back in the UK , Manuel says he is receiving medical attention and slowly becoming more able to be his true self.

He said: 'It feels amazing to be able to recover some of the small things that you don't realise you’ve lost until you have them back'.

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