British woman jailed in Dubai over £19,000 unpaid rent shared cell with murderers

Kerry Nwachukwu cannot leave the United Arab Emirates until her £19,000 debt has been paid off (Picture: Kennedy) A crowdfunder has been started for a British businesswoman who ended up in a Dubai jail over nearly £20,000 of unpaid rent. Kerry Nwachukwu, 44, from London, is unable to leave the UAE after travel bans were imposed on her until she pays her debts to two landlords. She moved to the city in August 2022 with her son John, 25, to set up a marketing agency after giving up her job as marketing director at Sotheby’s. But by late 2024 and into 2025, she entered a legal and financial crisis over two separate Rental Dispute Centre cases. Kerry got £19,000 into rent arrears with two landlords after more than £10,000 in client contracts went unpaid. Because of the legal proceedings agains