Britons tried on heroin charges

Britons tried on heroin charges

BANGKOK (AFP): Britons Sandra Gregory and Robert Locke returned to criminal court yesterday for another session in their 16-month trial on drugs charges, featuring testimony seeking to establish Locke's innocence.

Gregory and Locke, both 28, were arrested in February 1993 and on charges of possession and trafficking in heroin. Gregory, from Halifax in Yorkshire, has confessed, while Locke, from Essex, has denied the charges.

Dennis James, 32, of Victoria, Australia, testified he had been with Locke for several hours prior to the latter's arrest, and there had been no talk nor sign of drugs.

Gregory and Locke were stopped by customs agents at Bangkok International Airport on a tipoff from British anti-narcotics agents who said Locke was believed to be smuggling heroin.

But it was Gregory who was found to be hiding a 150-gram package containing the drugs in her vagina.