Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 was this the chick that flew outta Brisbane and was found with a lot of weed in her bodyboard bag? Wasn't there a story that it was Brisbane customs who did it while running a detection test for their dogs but the dogs didn't find it in time?! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 yes it is. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 haha - awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 So did Brisbane Customs actually own up to planting the heroin in her bag? If so, why is she still in Jail? What about this guy..... Quote: A British man said to be suffering from bipolar disorder is set to be executed in China for smuggling heroin. Akmal Shaikh due to be executed in China Father of three Akmal Shaikh lived in Kentish Town, London North Londoner Akmal Shaikh, 51, suffers from delusions as part of his condition according to legal charity Reprieve. Reprieve says Mr Shaikh travelled to China to get a record contract for a song he had written which he believed would usher in world peace. The father of three was targeted by a gang of drug dealers who saw him as someone who could be easily manipulated, the charity said on its website. The gang apparently promised to help him record his song and travelled to the airport with him on the pretence of catching a flight. But, when they arrived, the leader of the gang reportedly told Mr Shaikh there was only one seat left on board, and asked him if he would take his suitcase for him when he flew. Mr Shaikh was arrested in Urumqi in China's western Xinjiang region in possession of 4kg of heroin. He said he did not know the drug was in the bag and appealed against his conviction. Gordon Brown PM contacted Chinese authorities Gordon Brown has spoken to Chinese authorities urging them to take Mr Shaikh's mental health into account when considering the appeal. But the appeal has been rejected and Mr Shaikh's execution looks set to go ahead. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We can confirm that Chinese authorities have informed us that Akmal Shaikh is due to be executed on 29 December. We are alarmed and deeply concerned at this news." A medical report from Dr Peter Schaapveld, a forensic psychologist, said it was very likely that Mr Shaikh's strange behaviour would have been "influenced or caused by" a mental illness. Mr Shaikh would become the first EU national to be executed in China in 50 years. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 perhaps he deserves another thread Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 you got it Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Yes don't steal Schapelles lime light. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Would be much better if Schapelle had've been executed as well! We wouldn't have to hear about her plight anymore. I didn't care when she was caught and I don't care anymore now. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I dunno. Perhaps she should be put out of her misery. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Didn't she watch Banged Up Abroad. If you get caught doing something illegal in one of those countries your not exactly going to go to the hilton 5 star!! I understand it must be awful for her but there are a lot of other Aussies in terrible jails around the world who did wrong and are now paying the penalty. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 It's only because she is somewhat good looking that the media thinks it makes a good story. No one would care is she looked like a crack whore... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Not sure I agree with that. She looks like a crack whore to me. But honestly. I had never heard of her until Rob brought it up. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Big news here thurs when she first got busted. Public opinion was very much in favor of her being innocent. "How could someone so pretty be involved in something so nasty as drug smuggling? " Her pretty face was on every women's magazine for months. "How could those nasty Indonesians be so cruel to pretty Schapelle?" (mind you, it was around the time of the Bali bombings, Indonesia wasn't the flavor of the month) Then as information about her dodgy family's drug connections filtered out into the media and the women's mags found a new story, the publics interest waned. Now, no one really gives a shit. I still feel sorry for her still. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 @GN, I feel sorry for her, but I also feel sorry for the others who've been caught doing something stupid OS and paid the penalty, whatever that is! We expect visitors to our country to abide by our laws, and to pay the locally determined penalty, why should she (or others OS) be different just because they are "one of ours"? @Mantas, Yep, the story lost a lot of the gloss once a few facts came out - another case of journos not letting facts get in the way of a good, newspaper/magazine selling, story! Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Originally Posted By: Go Native It's only because she is somewhat good looking that the media thinks it makes a good story. No one would care is she looked like a crack whore... I agree with GN - You hardly here anything of the bali nine and 1 of them is a girl but not as lucky in the looks department, little overweight short hair, a little butch looking!! Funny not seeing her face on the front of all the magazines. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 sorry, who are the Bali nine? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Ah, a "location joke". You had to be there! The Bali nine were a group of (you guessed it, nine) ausies who were found guilty of carrying drugs into Bali (I think I got that right). I remember thinkiing at the time, there is no reason to take pot INTO Bali, surely there's enough there at a better orice than it can be got for in Oz. As SH said, one of them is a fairly butch looking girl - the rest are fairly weedy looking blokes. (again, recollections - not necessarily accurate.) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Originally Posted By: JA Ah, a "location joke". You had to be there! The Bali nine were a group of (you guessed it, nine) ausies who were found guilty of carrying drugs into Bali (I think I got that right). I remember thinkiing at the time, there is no reason to take pot INTO Bali, surely there's enough there at a better orice than it can be got for in Oz. As SH said, one of them is a fairly butch looking girl - the rest are fairly weedy looking blokes. (again, recollections - not necessarily accurate.) she will do fine in prison then, I've seen Prisoner Cell Block H, Bea was a right butch lezza.....just hope she hasn't got a screw like the Freak Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 dunno. Those prison bitches are real mean. I'd hate to be in prison with those animals. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Pretty sure the Bali 9 were smuggling a bit more than pot (gaffer taped to their bodies) and OUT of Bali - might be wrong...I will go have a GOOGLE.. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 That is all well and good. What's been bugging me for years is what were the Heinze 57 done for? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Beenz meenz heinz! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear Pretty sure the Bali 9 were smuggling a bit more than pot (gaffer taped to their bodies) and OUT of Bali - might be wrong...I will go have a GOOGLE.. Heroin mama.. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 yeah Indo ... I googled it and found all that info - pasted it into a wikiquote and all... but it has disappeared. Gremlins! It was definitely OUT of Indo as well. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Whichever direction - they were C R A Z Y !! (or possibly off their collective brain cell!) Link to post Share on other sites
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