Sandy Mitchell

Sandy Mitchell's case was reported long before I started this blog but I was reminded of it this weekend by this Telegraph article. Do read the article and question why Saudi Arabia is deemed to be a friend of the UK.

"Sandy Mitchell has terrifying first-hand experience of being on the wrong side of sharia law.

Mr Mitchell, 52, was falsely accused of being involved in a car bombing in Saudi Arabia in 2000 when he was working there as an anaesthetic technician.

He was held in prison for three years and tortured until he eventually signed a confession, which he later had to read out on Saudi television.

A sharia court sentenced him to having his head partially severed, followed by public crucifixion."