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other innocents
FREED TRUCK DRIVER David Stevenson will fight to help other drivers jailed abroad for crimes they did not commit. Stevenson was released last month after spending 18 months in Dunkirk prison for drug smuggling. He was arrested at Calais
on 9 November 2002 after picking up a loaded trailer for P&O Ferrymasters from a regular client in France.
The prosecution claimed that Stevenson loaded the seven pallets at Advinkerque. However, his tachograph chart shows that it would have been impossible for him to load the pallets and shrink-wrap them during his two stops.
The prosecution claimed that Stevenson loaded the seven pallets at Advinkerque. However, his tachograph chart shows that it would have been impossible for him to load the pallets and shrink-wrap them during his two stops.
Stevenson, who has always protested his innocence, says: "I was not given a fair trial and was subjected to horrific conditions. I want to see a change in the law, which allows drivers to defend themselves on the grounds that they could not reasonably be expected to know about concealed goods in their load to ensure that no other driver has to suffer the same fate as I did."
• See next week's Commercial Motor for an exclusive interview with David Stevenson.