Nicholas John Baker

Nicholas John Nick Baker is a British citizen who was convicted of smuggling cocaine and ecstasy into Japan. He was arrested at Narita Airport onApril 2002 and found guilty by the Chiba Prefecture District Court in June 2003. He was sentenced toyears jail with forced labour and fined 5,000,000. At his trial Baker claimed that he was tricked by his travelling companion, James Prunier, into carrying the drugs through customs in a falsebottomed suitcase. Baker also claimed that during his initial detention he was mistreated by Japanese authorities with sleep deprivation, no access to legal counsel, and that he was forced to sign a confession written in poor and inaccurate English. Bakers conviction was upheld on appeal but Bakers sentence was reduced toyears in prison and the fine to 3,000,000. Baker was transferred back to England in the Spring of 2008 to serve the remainder of his sentence. After spending sixmonths at Londons Wandsworth prison, Baker was released on licence

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