A retired British geologist at risk of execution over artefact smuggling allegations is expected to stand trial in Iraq.
Ministers faced fresh pleas on Wednesday to personally raise the case of Jim Fitton, 66, with their Iraqi counterparts and help end his nightmare.
The father-of-two collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery as souvenirs while visiting a site in Eridu, south east Iraq, as part of an organised geology and archaeology tour, his family said.
