They did look a bit shifty,I would have pulled them.I'd say they were trying the 'double bluff suspicious look' but didn't pay off,hard one to perfect
This article from 2010 is enlightening: Peruvian prison 'hell', jailed UK drug trafficker warns1 October 2010 Even by the standards of Callao - the crime-ridden port district of the Peruvian capital Lima - the neighbourhood around Sarita Colonia prison is particularly dangerous and poor. Behind the puce green walls topped with razor wire and gun turrets, some 2,500 men live inside the prison which was designed and built for just 500. At least a fifth of them are non-Peruvian, and almost without exception all have been jailed on drug trafficking charges. Most inmates are Spanish or Dutch, but the number of UK citizens is increasing rapidly. There are 42 British prisoners in Peru - the largest number in any South America country. Apart from its famed tourist attractions, Peru now rivals Colombia as one the world's top cocaine producers and it is estimated the country is now the source of around 60% of the drug in Europe. Easy money Nick Jones from West London, described his reaction at being caught at trying to smuggle nearly 2kg of cocaine out of Peru's International airport in Lima as "very surprised". He was arrested in April 2009. "I was told that everything was taken care of, that the airport security had been paid in order to let me through," he said. "I believed those lies so I thought it would be plain sailing." But Nick's illusion of easy money soon came crashing down. He said: "There is no such thing as a quick buck. They will tell you that the airport security has been paid off but all they are trying to do is get one out of 10 to come through for them and they've made their money. "They don't care about the nine that go to jail." The 34-year-old now faces the standard sentence of six years and eight months for trafficking any amount of cocaine under 10kg. He describes his experience of Peruvian prison as tougher than he ever could have imagined. Nick's jail time will be harder still because his family is so far away and he is short of money. He relies on 350 Peruvian Soles ($125) given to him every three months by the Prisoners Abroad organisation and delivered through visits by British Embassy officials. But he is denied even this small amount: "It's impossible for me to keep it because as soon as I come into the pavilion there are people who know that the embassy has brought money and they will be demanding it from me." While the prisoners in effect run the understaffed prison, the officials also collude in the corruption, he says. He claims he and other prisoners are charged entry fees and even for the upkeep of the prison. "This hell hole is not a jail, it's a business - it is just about making money," he claims. Some foreign prisoners are released early on probation, but have to remain in Peru while not legally being allowed to find a job. It is not a prospect which he relishes. Meanwhile, Nick Jones would do anything to turn back the clock. "The stress and the strain of being in a situation like this when you can't sleep, you don't eat, you can't drink the water is very, very hard. "I would say to anyone thinking of doing what I did, think again, think again and look for a better and legal way to make the money that they need."
Solicitor Peter Madden from Madden and Finucane is on his way to Peru to ensure the fair maiden from the Emerald Isle returns to her family ASAP.
I think he may be disappointed, can't see the Peruvian authorites falling for the same fairy story they've probably heard hundreds of times.
Wasn't he the same lawyer for the Columbian 3? If she was in the RA she would be back home in the bar by now.
Yes it has been suggested that they will start to turn on each other pretty soon, each blaming t'other. Can't see how that would work in all honesty, they've both said they were recruited by some dodgy geezer so they can hardly claim now to have been set up by the other lassie, they are equally guilty.
I am just observing the tactics being used by the British media to generate public sympathy and support for Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum. So far I have read numerous quotes from the suspected drug smugglers distraught and worried family members alongside family photographs, watched a live interview on Daybreak this morning with the Catholic archbishop who is supporting them out there (he believes their version of events) and read detailed reports about their current “living conditions” in Peru. Some members from within the British media are shocked and appalled that a jail cell in Peru does not resemble a room at the Premier Inn. Melissa and Michaella are both young women , relatively attractive and Caucasian so it really comes as no surprise to me that they are being treated with kid gloves by the mainstream media and being portrayed as innocent terrified victims. Regardless of how bad the situation is the media has always had this tendency to pick and choose who they support and who they give major news coverage to based on the individual/s looks, class, age, gender and race. If Melissa and Michaella were two young black women the reaction and treatment from the media would be very different and I doubt there would be a Catholic archbishop running to their aid either. No, they would have no choice but to make friends with the prison guards and their fellow inmates because that jail would be ‘home’ for the foreseeable future. But mark my words Melissa and Michaella will be home soon. I look forward to reading all about the media led campaign that will be set up soon PASSIONATELY calling for their release http://madnewsuk.com/2013/08/14/uk-...n-to-cocaine-trafficking-the-medias-reaction/
