Ruler of Dubai abused former wife, British High Court finds

Owner Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum during day two of Glorious Goodwood at Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester.

The ruler of Dubai abused his former wife to an “exorbitant degree”, the High Court has found at the end of a lengthy legal battle over their two children.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 72, “consistently displayed coercive and controlling behaviour with respect to those members of his family who he regards as behaving contrary to his will,” senior judge Andrew McFarlane said in a judgment published on Thursday.