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A British holidaymaker arrested for reportedly "patting" a male airport security guard on the back has been released from custody, a campaign group has said.Supporters of London businessman Tony Camoccio, 51, were worried he would be wrongly accused of sexually assaulting the guard in the alleged incident at Hurghada International Airport on 8 February.Campaign group Detained in Dubai have now said Mr Camoccio has been freed from custody after a bail amount of about £1,000 was paid, alongside other related costs.Mr Camoccio had been at the end of his holiday with his wife and a group of friends when the incident was said to have happened at an airport checkpoint.By Saturday, more than 5,000 people had signed a petition calling for his release.Mr Camoccio said: "I'm very excited to be heading home and can't wait to see all of my family and rest after the past week's events."I'm very thankful to everyone for their support, my friends and family, my lawyer Elezab Ali Elezab, John Kenny from the consulate and Radha Stirling who have done their best to get me home."Detained in Dubai chief executive Radha Stirling said: "The case has been dismissed for lack of evidence, and Tony will be flying home to the UK on the next available flight from Cairo."While the charges were clearly without merit, we have to emphasise that had British authorities and the international press not paid attention to this case, there is no reason to believe that Tony would be a free man today."It is thought that Mr Camoccio will fly back to the UK on Sunday.
