Pubdate: Thu, 13 Jul 2006
Source: Sun, The (UK)
Copyright: News Group Newspapers Ltd, 2006
Contact:  http://www.the-sun.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/433
Author: Jamie Pyatt

'DUPED' DRUGS BRIT CAGED

A BRITISH backpacker who claims she was tricked into smuggling
cannabis out of India has been jailed for ten years in a hell-hole
prison.

Daisy Angus, 26, protested her innocence and sobbed in the dock as she
was sentenced.

An Israeli man she claimed conned her into carrying a suitcase full of
cannabis through Mumbai airport was freed due to lack of evidence.

Trainee fitness instructor Daisy has already spent four years in
prison in Mumbai while her slow-moving trial proceeded through the
Indian legal system.

Her father John, 54, of Bournemouth, Dorset, died from leukaemia while
she has been in jail.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said there was a chance Daisy could be
moved to a UK jail. She added: "We have a prisoner transfer agreement
in India. It is up to Daisy to apply."
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