British academic on way home from UAE after pardon for spying conviction

A British academic was on his way home from the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after a pardon saved him from a life sentence for spying, according to a Reuters photographer.The UAE said it had pardoned Matthew Hedges after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency.Hedges boarded a flight to London in Dubai, according to a Reuters photographer at the airport.