Alistair Campbell claims he has been falsely accused of involvement in an £8million cocaine smuggling operation is facing nine years in a French j

Forty-six year old Alistair Campbell from Killin had been fighting extradition at the Court of Criminal Appeal, after being found guilty in his absence in France six years ago. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJwp9hVLCaSp7FVDspZuwniWxtmL0heRDsx8pUt36zImxM7yuSb5wTRUo7XVfp0KOdUuCy6ry4qq4_HkM5exNs8qnkN4oQnV0TsKSjMwY0hhsfcQk7yexFooTUMfyV2DK-rv3bHmHyUI/s1600-h/alistair-campbell-260208.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171422128630962786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJwp9hVLCaSp7FVDspZuwniWxtmL0heRDsx8pUt36zImxM7yuSb5wTRUo7XVfp0KOdUuCy6ry4qq4_HkM5exNs8qnkN4oQnV0TsKSjMwY0hhsfcQk7yexFooTUMfyV2DK-rv3bHmHyUI/s320/alistair-campbell-260208.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br />Perthshire lorry driver who claims he has been falsely accused of involvement in an £8million cocaine smuggling operation is facing nine years in a French jail. <br />The Court of Appeal today upheld a ruling that Campbell had deliberately avoided the trial and should be extradited. Campbell, who has two daughters and two grandchildren, faces being sent to France within ten days.

Alistair Campbell claims he has been falsely accused of involvement in an £8million cocaine smuggling operation is facing nine years in a French j

Forty-six year old Alistair Campbell from Killin had been fighting extradition at the Court of Criminal Appeal, after being found guilty in ...

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Eric Desvaux French Policeman

Eric Desvaux had "tarnished the reputation of a great state body." He was sentenced to nine months in jail, with three months suspended.<br />The 39-year-old, a former European swimming champion, was arrested in May after his girlfriend accused him of stealing a camera from the body of a man who died in a road crash. When police officers searched his home they found the stolen camera -- and a cannabis plantation.<br />In court, Desvaux did not deny he committed the crimes, but said he had suffered from relationship problems.

Eric Desvaux French Policeman

Eric Desvaux had "tarnished the reputation of a great state body." He was sentenced to nine months in jail, with three months susp...

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