BRITON CAUGHT UP IN DRUG STING IS HELD IN SPANISH JAIL FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS

THE GUARDIAN - SANDRA LAVILLE

Trevor Wade held without trial despite UK agency's insistence there is no evidence of his involvement with drug gang.

A man caught up in a multimillion-pound drug sting run by the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Soca, claims he has been abandoned in a Spanish prison despite evidence that he is innocent.

Trevor Wade, 65, who has had two heart attacks while in prison in Spain, has been held without trial for more than two years and could face at least another 12 months behind bars before he is put on trial.

Wafa Shah, of Fair Trials International, which has taken up Wade's case, said: "Mr Wade has already spent nearly two and a half years in a Spanish jail. Given the permitted length of pretrial detention in Spain, he could face another year and a half in prison. Being held in a foreign prison is a horrendous ordeal for anyone. It is much worse when, like Mr Wade, you have not had an opportunity to clear your name in court and where you have serious health concerns."