• Virginia Clarke is facing a Christmas away from her
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truck driver husband as he is locked away in a Spanish prison for a crime she insists he did not commit, She cannot afford the fare to Malaga where her husband Roy has been held for the past 10 months for charges of drug smuggling. And she says it will probably be the end of January before she can get the money together to visit him.
Roy Clarke of Ewell in Surrey had threatened to go on hunger strike in October to try to convince authorities he should be released on bail (CM 13-19 October). However, he decided to call off the action after two more witnesses came forward in his defence, Meanwhile he is still awaiting trial on charges connected with the con nabis found
hidden in a load of metal pipes he had iust collected.
He is finding it hardest to cope with the food, says Virginia: "The food is greasy slop and when there is a
salad it is limp."