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British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years
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Angus's joy at release from Indian jail
April 9, 2007 - thisisdorset.net

A FORMER Bournemouth fitness instructor has been acquitted of drug-smuggling charges after four and a half years in an Indian prison.

Backpacker Daisy Angus, 26, was serving a ten-year sentence for smuggling 10kg of cannabis in a secret compartment in her suitcase.

The High Court in Mumbai reversed the conviction on Thursday but it remained unclear last night whether or not Daisy was actually free to leave the country.

Speaking yesterday Tessa Lawless, from Richmond Park Avenue, Bournemouth, a friend who has been corresponding with Daisy during her time in jail, said she was "over the moon" at the news. She said: "I just couldn't believe it. Night after night I've been praying for her to come out."

Miss Lawless added there was never any doubt in her mind that Daisy was innocent.

"She was set up. She has been set free as an innocent person," she said.

"I used to go to the gym and she used to help me a bit with my work. She is the most fantastic person - kind and caring with every good attribute you can think of."

The former Littledown Leisure Centre fitness instructor was stopped by customs officers at Mumbai airport on November 8, 2002 as she caught a flight to Amsterdam on what was supposed to be her dream trip around the world.

Daisy was accompanied by Israeli Yovam Kadesh, whom she had met over the internet in 1999 and known for only a few days prior to their arrest.

Kadesh offered to sponsor Daisy's tickets to Berlin and from there to Australia, claiming that he had excess baggage and that the two could share the baggage.

Daisy's baggage had been stolen in Delhi, after which she did not have anything on her except some money, and accepted the offer, said her lawyer Ayaz Khan.

On the day two bags were checked in - a blue Delsey suitcase and blue Polo USA trolley bag. Customs officials found seven slabs of hashish weighing 10 kilos in the Delsey suitcase and the pair were arrested.

Daisy spent four years in jail before hearing of her fate. The sessions court acquitted Kadesh but convicted Daisy on June 21 last year.

In October last year Daisy's mother Nadine, of Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, lodged an appeal with the Indian High Court.

Daisy's defence argued that the blue Delsey suitcase was in Kadesh's possession and he owned the bag.

Kadesh had lent the bag to Daisy as her bag had torn. Witnesses in court also said that Daisy had only one shoulder bag and one handbag made of cloth.

The court also heard how Kadesh and his brother were drug traffickers having shops at Goa and Manali.

An appeal against his acquittal is pending in the High Court.

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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: veggie]
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I remember hearing about this story back when it first unfolded. It's nice to know that an innocent woman is freed. Not that possessing hashish is a crime anyways that deserves punishment. But, the guys who set her up are fucked up for making someone unkowingly posses something that could get you in trouble. So for that I think they deserve punishment of some sort.


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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: LightShedder]
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yea I agree it shouldnt be punishable to possess but since it is people know the risks they take and should be willing to be held accountable for there own deeds.


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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: Mahayana]
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Naraka said:
yea I agree it shouldnt be punishable to possess but since it is people know the risks they take and should be willing to be held accountable for there own deeds.


Yeah, but it wasn't her suitcase, and she didn't know what was inside. Therefore, she DIDN't know the risks and shouldn't be held accountable.

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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: Mahayana]
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Naraka said:
yea I agree it shouldnt be punishable to possess but since it is people know the risks they take and should be willing to be held accountable for there own deeds.


I find that very illogical...

Either possession of hashish is a deed worthy of punishment or it is not. Simply making a law does not alter the truth, and if a law is found to be standing in the way of truth, then it is not a law at all but a lie upon all of humanity AND IT MAY BE GLEEFULLY IGNORED.


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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: PopTop]
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I guess I should have specified I didn't mean the woman should be held accountable, but rather the one who set her up. and I do agree that just because something is a law does not mean it should be upheld as the ultimate truth, however It is just my opinion that no matter what the law or circumstance , one should be honorable enough to take responsibility for there own actions. I don't think possession of pot should be a crime and is quite absurd however i know that this "lie/law" is something I may be subject to , and lets say the police were searching around with a dog and I stashed my sac in a book bag of a nearby child, well in my opinion I'm no better then the fools who created and uphold the said law.


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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: Mahayana]
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Oh, I understand your perspective now. If you're gonna play the game, don't cry, lie, and cheat innocents if you lose.

I agree.


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Re: British girl aquitted of drug smuggling freed after 5 years [Re: PopTop]
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yea thats what i meant i just didnt do a good job at communicating the point i do that too often (:


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