Thursday 3 December 2009

Sandra Gregory, the British woman sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in Thailand for drug smuggling

Sandra Gregory, the British woman sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in Thailand for drug smuggling, has been deported after trying to re-enter the country.
Gregory, 44, was caught carrying heroin at Bangkok airport in 1993. She was pardoned by the King of Thailand in 2000 after being deported to serve out her sentence in the UK.Friends say Gregory had tried to return to the country, but contacted them yesterday to say she was being held at the airport and was expecting to be deported soon. It is understood she has now been deported.Susan May, a miscarriages of justice campaigner, said she received a text message from Gregory yesterday evening.
"Sandra just texted me last night to tell me that she's been held at the airport and not allowed in," May said."The last thing she said was that she was expecting to be sent home today so I'm hoping she will be."May said there was a problem with Gregory's visa."She was pardoned by the King of Thailand but obviously she is not allowed in," she said. "She is a very capable girl, she's a lovely girl and I'm quite sure she'll be OK."May was originally sentenced to death after being caught with 86.9g of heroin in a condom inside her body at Bangkok airport. The sentence was commuted to 25 years in jail, which was reduced to 22 years. She spent four-and-a-half years in the Klong Prem prison in Thailand before being transferred to a prison in Kent.Gregory was pardoned in 2000 and wrote a book about her experiences before going on to study geography at Oxford University.

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