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UK pensioner Karl Andree faces 360 lashes over Saudi wine
Source: BBC
UK pensioner Karl Andree faces 360 lashes over Saudi wine
13 October 2015 UK
A UK pensioner caught with homemade wine in Saudi Arabia could receive 360 lashes - a punishment his family say would kill him.
Karl Andree, 74, has already spent more than a year in prison since being arrested by Saudi religious police.
His daughter Kirsten Piroth told the BBC her father - who has suffered from three types of cancer - "would not survive" the punishment lashes.
The Foreign Office said it was "seeking his release as soon as possible".
Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia and Mrs Piroth said her father was transporting homemade wine in his car in August 2014 when he was pulled over and arrested.
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13 October 2015 UK
A UK pensioner caught with homemade wine in Saudi Arabia could receive 360 lashes - a punishment his family say would kill him.
Karl Andree, 74, has already spent more than a year in prison since being arrested by Saudi religious police.
His daughter Kirsten Piroth told the BBC her father - who has suffered from three types of cancer - "would not survive" the punishment lashes.
The Foreign Office said it was "seeking his release as soon as possible".
Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia and Mrs Piroth said her father was transporting homemade wine in his car in August 2014 when he was pulled over and arrested.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34513096
