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2026-06-25 18:16:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

A 23-year-old TikTok influencer accused of killing her boyfriend in Dubai is facing death by firing squad, a human rights group said.

Brooke George, from Gravesend, Kent, has been accused of stabbing a man she was in a relationship with after they met online, advocacy group Detained in Dubai said.

The group said she claimed she grabbed a knife in self-defense during a violent attack by her partner in the United Arab Emirates. The organization called for her to be released on bail and for the case to be treated as domestic violence.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was supporting a British woman detained in the United Arab Emirates and her family.

Former John Lewis employee George was arrested in the early hours of June 22 and charged with premeditated murder.

She faces execution under UAE laws if convicted.

While being held at Bur Dubai Police Station, she claims she was forced to strip naked in front of male officers, without a female officer present, which she called "deeply humiliating and disturbing," the Dubai Detainee said. During her first visit to Dubai, George had described it as "the best time of my life."

But, according to Radha Stirling, executive director of Detained in Dubai, the relationship turned abusive during their second trip to the Gulf city.

Stirling said George claimed her partner became "increasingly controlling and abusive" and that she was trying to leave Dubai after he allegedly punched her, took her passport and then attacked her again in their apartment.

She claimed she "feared for her life and, taking a kitchen knife she had in her hand, acted in self-defense," Stirling added.

In a statement, her mother, Thereza George, said: “After Brooke returned to Dubai for the second time, the dynamic between them had clearly changed.

"The day before the incident, she didn't seem like herself. She was quieter and not as happy and cheerful as usual, but she didn't tell me why."

"That evening they went to a bar in Dubai. When I spoke to Brooke immediately after the incident, she was absolutely terrified. I had never seen my daughter so scared in my life. She was crying uncontrollably. I could see that one of her eyes was badly swollen and was starting to close."

She added that she was "deeply concerned" for her daughter's well-being.

"The girl I spoke to that night was absolutely terrified," she added.
"I strongly believe she was desperately trying to get home and get away from whatever had happened to her."