[ALBSA-Info] BBC on Prison Situation in Greece

[Agron Alibali]

BBC: 'Nightmare' jail ordeal in Greece

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Friday, 15 February, 2002, 14:40 GMT 
'Nightmare' jail ordeal in Greece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1822000/1822565.stm

Shellie Hughes was told to find her own way home

A Birmingham woman who spent six months in a Greek jail while police
investigated her boyfriend, is claiming compensation from the Greek
government. 
Shellie Hughes says six months of her life were "wiped out" by the
experience which ended when she was released without charge and left to
make her own way back to the UK. 

Ms Hughes MP, Sion Simon, who represents Erdington in Birmingham, is now to
raise her case with the Foreign Office. 

Ms Hughes said her ordeal began while on holiday on the Greek island of Kos
last August. 


Shellie Hughes was held at the Korydalous prison


Her boyfriend was arrested by the Greek authorities and charged with using
a stolen credit card. 

Ms Hughes was also arrested and taken to Korydalous prison near Athens. 

"I was terrified. It was a nightmare. I didn't know what was going on. 

"I was put into a cell with 17 other girls. 

"I sat on my bed and I don't think I stopped crying for two days, it was
just awful." 

Ms Hughes was released without being charged, and told to make her own way
back to the UK. 

Her father, Paul, said: "We're talking about a 22-year-old girl who's lost
six months of her life." 

Mr Simon said: "When one of my constituents goes on holiday to Greece I
don't want them thrown into prison for six months for no reason. 

"The Greek authorities have to sort this out and they have to sort it out
before it becomes a bigger problem and British people stop going on holiday
to Greece." 



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