Jamie Green appeal rejected

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Jamie Green appeal rejected

By a County Press reporter
Thursday, March 8, 2012

THREE men who attempted to smuggle over half a ton of cocaine into the UK, after hiding it amongst lobster pots anchored off the Isle of Wight, have lost appeals against their hefty jail terms.

Fishing boat captain Jamie Peter Green, 43, crew member Daniel Mark Payne, 37, and scaffolder Jonathan Beere, 43, plotted to retrieve 11 watertight holdalls of high-purity cocaine, worth £53m, in May 2010, along with two other men.

Green, of Newport Road, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Payne, of Kings Road, East Cowes, and Beere of Mayfield Road, Ryde, were convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine.

In June last year at Kingston Crown Court., Green and Beere were jailed for 24 years each while Payne was handed an 18-year term.

On Wednesday they asked Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice Griffith Williams and Mr Justice Singh, sitting at the Court of Appeal, for cuts in the sentences, but had their cases rejected.

During the hearing the court heard that an investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission is to take place regarding events in the jury room.

This could lead to further appeals against convictions. No further details of the investigation were given.

 

[general manager]

They would have earned some serious money if they had succeeded in getting it ashore, glad they got caught, cant stand the damage that drugs cause to weak and vunerable people

 

[marra watson]

sorry gm dont agree with you there i dont know why society think the people who take drug's are vunrable and weak... its there desision weather or not to take it just like its their choice to get out of bed in the moprning and go to work or lok for work (pinning up and standing on the street waiting for a curb crawler sound easier than getting knocked back for job after job after job with bills to pay its their choise) .... yeah tried a couple off white lines,and a smoke was my tipple for a while. does this make me weak and vunrable?? having a sister that was hard in to the drugs pinning smoking everythign she could get her hands on she's now clean got 2 kids working and getting on in life . like many drug users they do it because they want to and they can. millions choose to do it every friday sat and sunday night many a fellow scaffs like a sniff and what have you ,dont make them weak its a lifestyle choice they choose dont make them weak and vunrable just plain stupid. personally drink dosent even intrest me let a lone a a big fat smoke now adays rather play footie poker spend time with the family etc etc
i do agree it does ruin lives and if its not there than it wont; but it will always be here from a boat at dover to a boat in the highlands .and strong minded hardworking profesional people will choose to use also

 

[fortyeight]

its not just the users who suffer, but their familys like pairents as i know with a son and daughter who have both been on it ,and now on medication for the rest of their lives

 

[markus]

i myself have the odd dabble. but im still glad they got caught.

DRUGS DESTROY PEOPLES LIFES FACT

 

[philliosmaximus]

Its a living nightmare when you have a child on the gear , destroys the whole family with the violent rages , the depression , the stealing and the worry, I know from first hand experience as my son is Bang into Ketmine and anything else he can get his hands on , you have to stand by and watch you child destroying themselves and there aint fu ck all you can do only be there to pick up the pieces , touch wood he is slowly turning away from it but its a long to go yet, so sorry i aint got no sympathy with anyone that gets caught smuggling drugs.

 

[cala]

**** em.. drug pushing cun.ts.... serves em right...

 

[wilki6467]

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