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Isle of Wight Radio Midnight - 6:00am Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Freshwater Five Duo "Hopeful" As Court of Appeal Hearing Concludes By Isle of Wight reporter All of the family members in court: (from the left) Sue and Maisie Beere, Jess and Poppy Green, Danny Payne, Scott Birtwistle, Nicky and Maisy Green. Photo from APPEAL. The appeal hearing for two members of the ‘Freshwater Five’ - convicted for smuggling £53m of cocaine almost a decade ag...

The families of the Freshwater Five, who were jailed for trying to smuggle 250kg of cocaine into the UK, say there is “a bit of light at the end…

TWO members of the Freshwater Five, who were jailed for trying to smuggle 250kg of cocaine into the UK, have told the Court of Appeal it was…

Jonathan Beere, 51, and Daniel Payne, 46, were sentenced in 2011 to 24 and 18 years respectively for conspiracy to import the huge cocaine haul into the UK.

An appeal will run this week, in London.

IN 2011, five men were given a combined 104-year prison sentence for masterminding a £53m drug smuggling operation.

New radar evidence casts doubt on convictions of Isle of Wight fishermen, court of appeal told

The two fishermen, part of the so-called Freshwater Five, have always denied smuggling cocaine.

TWO members of the ‘Freshwater Five’ — all of whom maintain their innocence of a £53m cocaine smuggling plot — will have their convictions considered by the Court of Appeal next week. Lawyers acting for Jonathan Beere and Daniel Payne will present judges with fresh expert evidence they say disproves the prosecution’s case that they conspired to use a fishing boat to collect drugs from a container ship in the English Channel and deposited them in Freshwater Bay. The new evidence...

Isle of Wight Radio 3:00pm - 7:00pm Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Freshwater Five Case Sent To Court Of Appeal After New Evidence Emerges By Isle of Wight reporter Photo from charity Appeal. Two members of the ‘Freshwater Five’ – all of whom maintain they are not guilty of a £53m cocaine smuggling plot – will have their convictions considered by the Court of Appeal next week. Lawyers acting for Jonathan Beere and Daniel Payne will present...