http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sentence-fixing-for-price-fixing/ politics: personal and global Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sentence-fixing-for-price-fixing/#comment-32 james gaunt Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:10:38 +0000 http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sentence-fixing-for-price-fixing/#comment-32 Keith, I couldn't agree more with your article regarding this price-fixing case. The UK-US extradition treaty has allowed the US to take full advantage of British citizens despite their full co-operation throughout the case. The treaty has allowed sentence fixing to take place as you quite rightly point out and I feel this is unjust. Further to which, Peter Whittle was taken from Ford Prison in the UK by order of the Department of Justice to give evidence against others allegedly involved in the price fixing of marine hoses. He was shackled and escorted by marshals back to the US to give evidence on the 4th October. He has been put in a high security prison with no contact with his immediate family for 7 weeks!!! He was told prior to being taken that he would have contact with immediate family and that he would be back to the UK within 6 weeks. It is now nearly 4 weeks since the trial has finished and it seems there is no urgency to return him. The result of the trial was that both men were found not guilty and Peter Whittle was branded a liar and an unsuitable witness despite full cooperation throughout. It should also be noted that he was groomed prior to the case by the department of justice, is this not 'evidence fixing' as well? Keith, I couldn’t agree more with your article regarding this price-fixing case. The UK-US extradition treaty has allowed the US to take full advantage of British citizens despite their full co-operation throughout the case.
The treaty has allowed sentence fixing to take place as you quite rightly point out and I feel this is unjust.
Further to which, Peter Whittle was taken from Ford Prison in the UK by order of the Department of Justice to give evidence against others allegedly involved in the price fixing of marine hoses.
He was shackled and escorted by marshals back to the US to give evidence on the 4th October. He has been put in a high security prison with no contact with his immediate family for 7 weeks!!! He was told prior to being taken that he would have contact with immediate family and that he would be back to the UK within 6 weeks.
It is now nearly 4 weeks since the trial has finished and it seems there is no urgency to return him.
The result of the trial was that both men were found not guilty and Peter Whittle was branded a liar and an unsuitable witness despite full cooperation throughout. It should also be noted that he was groomed prior to the case by the department of justice, is this not ‘evidence fixing’ as well?

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