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Ryan Fahey

Brit dad jailed in Iraq in 'terrible injustice' sent to infamous torture prison

The British dad-of-two locked up in Iraq for allegedly smuggling ancient artefacts has been sent to an infamous jail where inmates have been tortured to death.

Retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, was in the Middle Eastern country on an archaeology tour when a guide told him to pick up fragments on a hillside "as souvenirs".

The "loving retiree" was arrested alongside a German national - who was acquitted as Jim was sentenced to 15 years.

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