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British man jailed for 'gay acts' in Morocco returns home

A grandfather jailed for being gay in Morocco has arrived back in Britain.

Ray Cole, 69, from Deal in Kent, was arrested last week and imprisoned for four months. Mr Cole's son said he had been sleeping on a concrete floor and sharing with "murderers, rapists and paedophiles."

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Morocco prison was like 'a concentration camp', says jailed Briton

Ray Cole, left, is reunited with his family. Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images

British holidaymaker Ray Cole, who was jailed in Morocco for being gay, has described the prison he was kept in as a "concentration camp".

The 69-year-old, from Deal in Kent, was imprisoned for four months after homosexual images were found on his password-protected phone.

After being reunited with his family at Gatwick Airport, he described the conditions he had been living in.

You would not believe it, it's horrendous. It's not a prison, it's a concentration camp. People are in there from the age of 10 to 80 and 90s for nothing. I can hardly move my arm from sleeping on the floor.

– Ray Cole.

Mr Cole was freed after his family's legal team in Marrakesh lodged an appeal.

He said his release came as a surprise and he had thought he was being transferred to a different prison.

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