Aid worker avoids jail for trying to smuggle Afghan girl into UK

A British aid worker has avoided jail after admitting trying to smuggle an Afghan girl into Britain from France.

Aid worker avoids jail for trying to smuggle Afghan girl into UK
Thu, 14 Jan, 2016 - 16:46

A British aid worker has avoided jail after admitting trying to smuggle an Afghan girl into Britain from France.

Former soldier Rob Lawrie, 49, feared being jailed for up to five years and had appealed for clemency for trying to get four-year-old Bahar Ahmadi – known as Bru – into the UK hidden in his van in October.

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