Home wine maker faces 350 lashes

14 October 2015 - 02:09 By AFP, Staff reporter

The family of a 74-year-old British man sentenced to 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being caught with home-made wine has pleaded for clemency. Karl Andree has served a year in jail but he has been told he could face a public flogging.His family say they fear the punishment could kill him."He's done his time now; he should be released. This lashing sentence - we fear, because of his age, he won't survive it," his son, Simon, told BBC radio."He's a frail old man ... enough is enough."The British government responded quickly yesterday, abandoning a bid to provide training to Saudi Arabia's penal system. "The government has decided it won't be proceeding with the bid," Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said. ..

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