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Crow is released from French jail

26th June 1997, Page 15
26th June 1997
Page 15
Page 15, 26th June 1997 — Crow is released from French jail
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• Bradford owner-driver Martin Crow is considering a bid for compensation from the French Government after he was released without charge last week from one of its prisons.

Crow, 32, who had been held on remand on suspicion of drugs smuggling, has rejoined his family after four • months in a jail near Fontainbleau.

He was contracted by Bradford-based BradCrow: ship European Transfrom Fr port when he was

found with half a tonne of cannabis hidden on board after phoning the police because of a fire on his truck. His tractive unit is still in France.

His wife Suzanne says: "Martin is obviously finding it very strange. When you've spoken no English for four months, and lost all your dignity. it's a big change to come home." ' I Morocco has been labelled as one of the most dangerous coun tries visited by UK truck drivers by the human rights organisation Amnesty International. In its 1997 report detailing human rights abuses in 151 countries and territories, Amnesty says in the North African country "torture and ill-treatment continued, particularly of individuals charged with smuggling and drug-trafficking."

This is backed up by legal pressure group Fair Trials Abroad which estimates 20—or around 10%—of European truck drivers detained are held in Morocco, taking it to the top of the league.

Essex owner-driver Steve Bryant, who was found with drugs in his trailer, hopes to receive a king's pardon next month.

In Morocco the possession of drugs, unwittingly or with the driver's consent, carries an automatic jail sentence. Home once.

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Organisations: French Government, Amnesty
Locations: Bradford

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