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Further setback dashes freedom hopes.
(From Hull Daily Mail)
The Government has expressed its outrage at the case of the jailed plane-spotters - including Swanland man Mike Bursell.
The group is being held in a Greek prison accused of spying and today were told they may have to wait days before judges meet to discuss the evidence against them.
The delay is another setback for Swanland man Mike Bursell, 47, one of the 12 Britons facing espionage charges.
They hoped the three judges were going to meet yesterday.
But Foreign Office minister Denis Macshane said at a summit in Romania that the Government was "very, very angry" at their treatment, and commented that no other European country would have charged them with spying.
Yannis Zacharias, the Greek lawyer representing the group, said the judges were due to ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) April 27, 2002 700+ words
...in Kalamata but by different judges. One of the group, Mike Bursell, 47, from Hull, said: "I didn't think this could happen...Lesley Coppin; Steven Rush, 38, from Caterham, Surrey; Mike Bursell; Christopher Wilson, 46, from Horsham, West Sussex...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Nixson, Matt September 1, 2002 700+ words
...20,000 each and the six convicted of spying face a return to jail if the original verdicts are upheld. Last night, Mike Bursell, 47, of Swanland, near Hull, said he feared the venue for the appeal would influence its result before it had even been...
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- Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) April 25, 2002 700+ words
...Returning to the courthouse in Kalamata, southern Greece, brought back painful memories for some of the group. Defendant Mike Bursell said: "I went into the building with a bit of trepidation because I have been handcuffed in there. "But it is different...
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- Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) December 16, 2001 700+ words
...year to stand trial on allegations of gathering secret information, after judges this week dropped the spying charges. Mike Bursell, 47, of Swanland, near Hull, said he had been told the trial could be as much as six months away. "We have had no definite...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Morris, Lucie Hale, Beth December 15, 2001 700+ words
...Without them the profile of our plight would not have kept pressure on authorities to release us,' said planespotter Mike Bursell, 47, of Swanland, near Hull. 'Now we are free, and it is the best feeling in the world.' Mr and Mrs Coppin, from...
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) October 14, 2002 700+ words
...what more we can do or how differently we can do it next month.' CAPTION(S): Plane spotters, from left, Antoni Adamiak of London, Paul Coppin of Mildenhall, Suffolk and Mike Bursell of Swanland, Yorkshire, at Duxford yesterday
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- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) August 20, 2002 700+ words
...at the 794-seat venue. Members said the size and location would be ideal for the fund-raising event. One of the 12, Mike Bursell was seen in the media sporting a Fairport Convention T-shirt, and also a Swarbaid T-shirt, which has connections to...
- WE'LL FIGHT ON TO CLEAR OUR NAMES; Planespotters' vow as they finally arrive...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) December 16, 2001 700+ words
...after paying pounds 9,000 bail each - told how they survived their jail terms despite appalling conditions. BT worker Mike Bursell, 47, of Swanland, near Hull, said he slept most nights on a concrete floor. He said the group relied on US news channel...
