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kimajy
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Haha ... the only guy to pull off a genuine "free trip to Peru" is Peter Madden the lawyer by the looks of it. Some things never change 
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/peru-drug-arrests-michaella-connolly-2171659
They're not holding back are they ... wonder if some newspaper is paying his fees. A week of his time isn't going to come cheap and is only the very beginning - especially when presumably he's just there as a liaison to a Peruvian lawyer because I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be allowed to practice in Peru. What the locals are interested in is the crime committed in their country and I doubt they are unused to dealing with fancy foreign lawyers with the people they see in their courtrooms. It can go one way or another getting them involved.
Call me cynical but got a feeling some people are about to get pretty rich off all this one way or another - and in the end I have severe reservations about whether the outcome for the girls is likely to be helped much but I guess they'll try whatever they can. What I'm not sure about is whether time on remand is counted as time served before parole can be applied for. Anyone know ? If it is then from UK foreign office info it seems in all likelihood a commutation may well be possible in 2-3 years' time (around the time the case will finally get decided) owing to the numbers of foreigners held there in which case she could well come home via effective deportation on release. Seems the pre-parole jail time will probably be served anyway even if she pleads not guilty and therefore the best possible outcome is avoiding the record. Well, I suppose resisting being branded a drug trafficker for the rest of your life is worth fighting for.
I guess if it was my kid I'd want to do everything I could to help them get as good a deal as was on offer but I tell you one thing I'd want to be f*ckin' sure they hadn't indebted themselves to gangsters and this so-called "Cockney" could be tracked down for starters before throwing a fortune at high-profile local lawyers in a case being brought abroad. One thing is for sure, if I was ever in trouble abroad I'd rather have the Irish Consulate involved than the British one.
Ibiza 'retail' dealers rarely stick to one poison .... what about the 5+ a day he boshed himself, the load he 'advanced' to his bestest m8s before forgetting who, where and how many (and they were skint themselves) and the g's of charlie he got on the side ? Not to mention the takings he spent before paying his tab. May have chosen single accommodation rather than shared if he was dealing proper too. Wouldn't take too long to rack up 4000Euros. As they say, don't get high on your own supply !
Got to say though, if they did overdo the "freebies" to wind up in this position those are gonna wind up being some F'KIN expensive Ibiza parties
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.http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/peru-drug-arrests-michaella-connolly-2171659
They're not holding back are they ... wonder if some newspaper is paying his fees. A week of his time isn't going to come cheap and is only the very beginning - especially when presumably he's just there as a liaison to a Peruvian lawyer because I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be allowed to practice in Peru. What the locals are interested in is the crime committed in their country and I doubt they are unused to dealing with fancy foreign lawyers with the people they see in their courtrooms. It can go one way or another getting them involved.
Call me cynical but got a feeling some people are about to get pretty rich off all this one way or another - and in the end I have severe reservations about whether the outcome for the girls is likely to be helped much but I guess they'll try whatever they can. What I'm not sure about is whether time on remand is counted as time served before parole can be applied for. Anyone know ? If it is then from UK foreign office info it seems in all likelihood a commutation may well be possible in 2-3 years' time (around the time the case will finally get decided) owing to the numbers of foreigners held there in which case she could well come home via effective deportation on release. Seems the pre-parole jail time will probably be served anyway even if she pleads not guilty and therefore the best possible outcome is avoiding the record. Well, I suppose resisting being branded a drug trafficker for the rest of your life is worth fighting for.
I guess if it was my kid I'd want to do everything I could to help them get as good a deal as was on offer but I tell you one thing I'd want to be f*ckin' sure they hadn't indebted themselves to gangsters and this so-called "Cockney" could be tracked down for starters before throwing a fortune at high-profile local lawyers in a case being brought abroad. One thing is for sure, if I was ever in trouble abroad I'd rather have the Irish Consulate involved than the British one.
Ibiza 'retail' dealers rarely stick to one poison .... what about the 5+ a day he boshed himself, the load he 'advanced' to his bestest m8s before forgetting who, where and how many (and they were skint themselves) and the g's of charlie he got on the side ? Not to mention the takings he spent before paying his tab. May have chosen single accommodation rather than shared if he was dealing proper too. Wouldn't take too long to rack up 4000Euros. As they say, don't get high on your own supply !
Got to say though, if they did overdo the "freebies" to wind up in this position those are gonna wind up being some F'KIN expensive Ibiza parties
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fuzzy dunlop
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They're not the first, and they wont be the last to get involved in such a sad and stupid situation.
If they were that worried about their families being harmed, then why start blabbing to anyone who will listen now about who set them up, and how? What's to stop these so called 'gangsters' having a pop at their families now?
They could have raised an alarm at some point, but I guess the pound signs were all they could see at the end of the day?
I do feel sorry for their stupidity, but looking at the video footage of them, they seem to have a right attitude about them, like butter wouldn't melt. How long that will last is anyone's guess, but It wont be long i reckon. That's when my sympathy runs out.
I sat up watching old episodes of banged up abroad last night. What a brilliant show that is. Isn't it amazing how you can feel sorry for some people, but not for others?! Some right arrogant arseholes on there, especially the two Leicester lads, and the dickhead from Watford!
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this pans out now. One from Glasgow and one from Belfast??? They'll be running that prison within a fortnight! ;-)
If they were that worried about their families being harmed, then why start blabbing to anyone who will listen now about who set them up, and how? What's to stop these so called 'gangsters' having a pop at their families now?
They could have raised an alarm at some point, but I guess the pound signs were all they could see at the end of the day?
I do feel sorry for their stupidity, but looking at the video footage of them, they seem to have a right attitude about them, like butter wouldn't melt. How long that will last is anyone's guess, but It wont be long i reckon. That's when my sympathy runs out.
I sat up watching old episodes of banged up abroad last night. What a brilliant show that is. Isn't it amazing how you can feel sorry for some people, but not for others?! Some right arrogant arseholes on there, especially the two Leicester lads, and the dickhead from Watford!
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this pans out now. One from Glasgow and one from Belfast??? They'll be running that prison within a fortnight! ;-)
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wednesday23
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Ibiza 'retail' dealers rarely stick to one poison .... what about the 5+ a day he boshed himself, the load he 'advanced' to his bestest m8s before forgetting who, where and how many (and they were skint themselves) and the g's of charlie he got on the side ? Not to mention the takings he spent before paying his tab. May have chosen single accommodation rather than shared if he was dealing proper too. Wouldn't take too long to rack up 4000Euros. As they say, don't get high on your own supply !
Got to say though, if they did overdo the "freebies" to wind up in this position those are gonna wind up being some F'KIN expensive Ibiza parties
If that's the case he should learn how to run a bloody business properly then. if you're going to be stupid enough to be a drug dealer, then at least do it properly and make it profitable for god sake.
kimajy
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"only when the detectives and armed guards join in for a chorus of "Happy Birthday" does she look a little awkward". Sorry, but ...
..... this is the best yet in a very tragic sort of way :
"‘But we felt relieved too that it was over.' Michaella says she naively believed she might even be able to return to the UK when the police realised they had been kidnapped – and hide the whole thing from her mother.
Unaware she had been reported missing by her family, when she called her brother for the first time after her arrest she told him: ‘Don't tell my mummy.' "
OMG!
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Dirk
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Dirk
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'Wild drug boasts and 7am ketamine-fuelled raves': How innocent ARE the two Brits who say they were made to smuggle £1.5m of cocaine out of Peru?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ichaella-McCollum-Connolly.html#ixzz2cFA1DGxN
I find this scandalous. I mean she had told her Dad she never took anything while in Ibiza and I certainly believe her.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ichaella-McCollum-Connolly.html#ixzz2cFA1DGxN
I find this scandalous. I mean she had told her Dad she never took anything while in Ibiza and I certainly believe her.
Morbyd
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"The first thing you do is go to the passport control and say "Listen, this is what is happening to me". The policeman will react so I don't think they were forced."
Uh... yep... exactly what I thought!
Good to see their story getting a little more press scrutiny.
kimajy
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Look, let's face it 2 years will fly by in the company of these party peepz ... Elrow, eat yer heart out 
Inmates celebrate spring in Lima, Peru
You won't find any orange jumpsuits at this prison! Bubblegum wigs, butterfly wings and sky-high platform heels were among the outrageous fashions to be found at the Santa Monica female prison in Lima, Peru, where inmates dressed up in colorful costumes to celebrate the beginning of spring on Sept. 24, 2012. The whimsical festivities were hosted as part of a program to help prisoners reduce stress and build self-confidence. Who says prison has to be dull? Check out these stylish inmates ...
Michaella's gonna have some stiff competition in there ...
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/per...yle-gallery-1.1168826?pmSlide=8#ixzz2cGs2Af87
Inmates celebrate spring in Lima, Peru
You won't find any orange jumpsuits at this prison! Bubblegum wigs, butterfly wings and sky-high platform heels were among the outrageous fashions to be found at the Santa Monica female prison in Lima, Peru, where inmates dressed up in colorful costumes to celebrate the beginning of spring on Sept. 24, 2012. The whimsical festivities were hosted as part of a program to help prisoners reduce stress and build self-confidence. Who says prison has to be dull? Check out these stylish inmates ...
Michaella's gonna have some stiff competition in there ...
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/per...yle-gallery-1.1168826?pmSlide=8#ixzz2cGs2Af87
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kimajy
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This is well worth a watch btw ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...ital_of_the_World_Stacey_Dooley_Investigates/
8m13 - "his name's charlie". Nearly spat out my Horlicks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...ital_of_the_World_Stacey_Dooley_Investigates/
8m13 - "his name's charlie". Nearly spat out my Horlicks
Dirk
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This is well worth a watch btw ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...ital_of_the_World_Stacey_Dooley_Investigates/
8m13 - "his name's charlie". Nearly spat out my Horlicks
Just watched that yesterday, interesting stuff.
Just getting round to watching that bbc3 show about Peru / Cocaine.
Where the **** did they pick up that presenter Stacey from? Work experience week at the bbc? She's as dumb as those 2 half wits that got arrested last week
It's like a chavvy challenge anika meets Ross kemp.
Unintentionally hilarious.
Pissing myself laugh at most if it.
Where the **** did they pick up that presenter Stacey from? Work experience week at the bbc? She's as dumb as those 2 half wits that got arrested last week
It's like a chavvy challenge anika meets Ross kemp.
Unintentionally hilarious.
Pissing myself laugh at most if it.