© 2020 – 2023 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
News

New doubt over fishermen’s cocaine smuggling convictions

Revelations over withheld evidence on eve of appeal court hearing into two of the ‘Freshwater Five’ found guilty over £53m drug haul

Newly disclosed evidence has raised fresh concerns on the eve of an appeal court hearing of the case of two men convicted of smuggling a record haul of cocaine.

Daniel Payne and Jonathan Beere are members of the “Freshwater Five”, who were sentenced to a total of 104 yearsin prison a decade ago after £53m of cocaine was found floating in Freshwater bay off the Isle of Wight.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Covid live: UK reports 93,045 new cases, breaking daily record for third day; Germany warns of ‘massive fifth wave’

AEA3

Dozens of Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer to vote for ceasefire in Gaza

AEA3

Revealed: almost 1,000 rapes in prisons in England and Wales since 2010

AEA3

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This