THAILAND: BRITONS ,ROBERT LOCK AND SANDRA GREGORY, CHARGED WITH HEROIN SMUGGLING ARRIVE AT BANGKOK COURT
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THAILAND: BRITONS ,ROBERT LOCK AND SANDRA GREGORY, CHARGED WITH HEROIN SMUGGLING ARRIVE AT BANGKOK COURT
- Title: THAILAND: BRITONS ,ROBERT LOCK AND SANDRA GREGORY, CHARGED WITH HEROIN SMUGGLING ARRIVE AT BANGKOK COURT
- Date: 10th August 1995
- Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (AUGUST 10, 1995) RTV-ACCESS ALL 1. GV COURT BUILDING 0.07 2. SVS POLICE VAN DRAWS UP /POLICE GET OFF 0.20 3. SVS PRISONERS GET OUT OF VAN WITH ROBERT LOCK AT END 0.27 4. SV ROBERT LOCK ENTERS COURT BUILDING 0.41 5. SV POLICEMAN WITH AUTOMATIC GUN 0.45 6. GV ROBERT LOCK READING BOOK BEHIND BARS 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
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- Country: Thailand
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- Story Text: Two Britons charged with smuggling heroin through Thailand were reported to be facing sentencing on Thursday (August 10), but sources close to the case said this was unlikely.
Robert Lock, 30, from Cambridge, and Sandra Gregory, 29, from Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, were arrested at Bangkok international airport in February 1993, shortly before they were to board a flight to Japan.
Gregory was found with 3.6 ounces (116 grams) of heroin in her possession. Lock has denied smuggling while Gregory has pleaded guilty to heroin possession, rejecting the charge of trafficking.
The British Foreign Office has said the two may not receive their sentence until a later date after the verdict is delivered.
At an earlier hearing, Lock maintained his innocence and said the Thai police had put pressure on Gregory to testify against him.
Gregory told the court Lock paid her to act as a "mule" and carry the heroin for him.
Heroin trafficking carries the death penalty in Thailand but the sentence is invariably commuted to lengthy prison terms of at least 20 years.
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