Former Liverpool Soldier Among Security Guard Jailed In Inda
Two men from the North West including a man from Liverpool have been jailed for 5 years in India after being detained on weapons charges.
Two men from the North West including a man from Liverpool have been jailed for 5 years in India after being detained on weapons charges.
Paul Towers, orginally from Bootle and Ray Tindall from Chester were working as an anti piracy security guards when they were detained in 2013, alongisde four colleagues.
Since then they've been unable to leave the country.
Labour MP Ian Lavery said it was a miscarriage of justice'' said he will continue to campaign for what the six men have gone through what he calledyears of hell''.
Mr Lavery said: "This verdict will have come as a hammer blow to Nick Dunn and the other men detained in India coming only a matter of months after a court had quashed all of the charges.
"The men and their families will be distraught at this news with all noises coming out of the courts in the last few days and weeks pointing towards them returning home in the near future after years of hell"
"Sadly this bizarre judgment, charging the former British servicemen with the maximum penalty for handling arms, means the nightmare continues"
"My thoughts this morning are with the men, their families and friends whose worst fears will this morning have been realised by the judgment"