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SATURDAY, DEC 7, 2002 |
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Jailed charity worker, Ian Stillman, freed
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Mr Stillman is expected in the UK next week
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Deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has been released from prison two years into a ten-year sentence for drug smuggling in India. The 52-year-old was freed from prison in Shimla north of Delhi shortly before 1400 GMT on Saturday. He was released on health grounds but has not been acquitted, the Foreign Office told BBC News Online. The Indian authorities had come under increasing pressure to free Mr Stillman, who is deaf, has an artificial leg and diabetes.
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