Daniel Holmes’s case is reported in The Guardian today

Published: December 26, 2013 at 4:34pm

Holmes




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  1. admin says:
    December 26, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/26/british-man-jailed-malta-petitions-europe

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  2. Alexander Ball says:
    December 26, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    People get lulled into thinking it’s just like back home only sunnier. They act like the locals, doing the same things. Then they discover the blind eye that sees the locals becoming an all-seeing eye scrutinising them. Without contacts you are shafted.

    Do your homework before coming here.

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  3. The chemist says:
    December 26, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Getting tired of hearing about this guy. His prison sentence is 10 years which is 6.6 years with remission provided he pays his fine. If not, that’s another year. He will also be eligible for parole provided he can have a fixed address. You do the crime, do the time. Is the law fair? No and it never will be. So don’t risk it.

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    • Joe Fenech says:
      December 27, 2013 at 11:09 pm

      You are right, but one should put things into perspective. Malta is a hot spot for trafficking and transit. So, this is a usual case of a small fish bearing all the brunt of this horrendous business.

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  4. Arturo Mercieca says:
    December 28, 2013 at 12:51 am

    I agree with the chemist. It seems to me that this guy is ill-advised and has been so for some time. He has another option: he can apply to be transferred to a U.K. prison to serve time there and apply for parole in the U.K.

    Petitioning the E.U. Commission is an exercise in futility.

    He would be better served to file a constitutional case and he has strong grounds on the strength of the recent E.C.H.R. judgment Camilleri v Malta.

    Having said that, our drugs laws are arcane and archaic, and in urgent need of a thorough overhaul. Up to now, our politicians have been in a race to show who amongst them adopts the most draconian drugs policy. This should change as prohibitionism is counter-productive.

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