More delays for 'ailed drivers
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• Peter Hobbs and John Mills, the London drivers serving seven-and-a-half years in Bulgaria for smuggling 20.5kg of heroin have had their retrial adjourned until 26 June. The re-trial was scheduled for 15 May (CM 1319 February) but the absence of a chemical substance expert on that date forced the adjournment. Hobbs' sister-in-law Shirley Hobbs is devastated by the delay: "We were hoping it would finally be over this time and they would be on a plane home," she says.
The judge has promised a conclusive result will be reached on 26 June; he will accept a written statement from the chemical substance expert if necessary.
Both men are suffering health problems.
Mills is under
nourished while Hobbs suf fers from stomach complaints and mouth
ulcers. John Mills.