Sandra Gregory jailed in Thailand

Title

Sandra Gregory jailed in Thailand

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

29 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:33

Description

Dominic Waghorn reports on the case of Sandra Gregory, a British woman sentenced to 25 years in jail in Thailand for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country that she said she was carrying for Robert Locke who was acquitted and on hopes for her transfer to serve her sentence in the UK. Includes Sandra sobbing and apologising as she speaks to reporters following her sentence; interviews with Linda Locke, mother of Robert; a friend of Sandra’s; Alice Mahon, Sandra’s MP; Beata Weeberley of Prisons Abroad on prison conditions in Thailand.

Contributors

Dominic Waghorn; Alice Mahon; Sandra Gregory; Linda Locke; Beata Weeberley

Keywords

UK; British; Prisons; Rights of prisoners; Living conditions; Illegal drugs; Narcotic drugs; Imprisonment; Heroin; Thailand; Sandra Gregory; Robert Locke; Prisons Abroad

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