British couple, both in their 70s, jailed for eight years by a Portuguese court for smuggling drugs on a cruise ship
British couple Sue and Roger Clarke were jailed at a court in Lisbon for drug smuggling
The couple, from Bromley in London, were on the Marco Polo which was sailing from the Caribbean to Europe. As she sentenced them to eight years, Mrs Clarke began crying, while her husband turned to her and said"we will be 80 when we get out".In courtAs the presiding judge delivered her verdict the two British pensioners stood holding hands in the little courtroom in Lisbon's Campus de Justicia.
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