07-27-2004, 10:16 AM
07-27-2004, 10:41 AM
How many other British citizens have been executed for drug smuggling, I wonder? I seem to recall it happening before so he must be well scared.
Silly boy - guess he found out the "No such thing as a free lunch" thing the hard way.
My dad was on a jury in Reading many years back where they were trying a "mule" who had gone from there to Jamaica and then got caught coming back in with drugs. They had no sympathy whatsoever and sent her down for a long time.
Silly boy - guess he found out the "No such thing as a free lunch" thing the hard way.
My dad was on a jury in Reading many years back where they were trying a "mule" who had gone from there to Jamaica and then got caught coming back in with drugs. They had no sympathy whatsoever and sent her down for a long time.
07-27-2004, 10:56 AM
manc1976 Wrote:
Not many British nationals have been executed in Bangkwang, but a fella from the UK was hanged in Changi jail in Singapore for murder.
Also I seem to remember a couple of Brits hanged in Malaysia for drug smuggling a while ago
Britain has a controversial treaty with Thailand that allows prisoners transfer to Wormwood Scrubs or Cookeham Wood after after least 4/8 years in Thailand
Brian Mounsey from Cumbria repatriated after 8 years in Bangkwang. He must serve the rest of his sentence in the UK. 45 years +
Jonathan Wheeler from Southampton told the British Prisons chief whom flew to see him in Thailand to 'shove the treaty up his arse' as the thought of spending 45+ years in Wormwood Scrubs is worse than staying in Thailand hoping for a Kings Pardon.
The reason why the treaty is controversial, is that other countries such as France, Canada, and the USA immediately parole the offenders. Britain carries the sentence to it's full term.
However easy it is to not have sympathy for drug smugglers, whom must know the risks they are taking, Michael Connell in this case apparently is a bit on the retarded side mentally.
In a interview on a Thai website his Dad in Bury said
"Considering he was always broke, I wondered where he got the money from to sod off to Thailand"
gee thanks Dad, that's helpful to the case.