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UK couple appeals smuggling conviction
A British husband and wife are appealing their people-smuggling convictions and prison sentences.
The couple — who cannot be named for legal reasons — were arrested last year after customs officials discovered two Ethiopian men locked inside the cabin of their yacht, which had dropped anchor off Cayman Brac.
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Couple jailed for human smuggling appeal conviction and sentence
A husband and wife jailed last year for people smuggling have asked a court to quash their conviction.
The English couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have also lodged an appeal to have their sentences reduced.
Nicholas Dixey, who appeared for the man, told the Grand Court on Friday that Caymanian law did not cover the type of offence that the two were convicted of and that the legislation used to charge them was inappropriate, so the conviction should be quashed.
