Human smuggler asks for bail

A man who was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty by jurors of aiding four Indians in two botched escape attempts in 2005 has filed an application asking for bail until his appeal has been heard. Gamil Abu Bakr, 39, has effectively only...

A man who was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty by jurors of aiding four Indians in two botched escape attempts in 2005 has filed an application asking for bail until his appeal has been heard.

Gamil Abu Bakr, 39, has effectively only one more year to serve, considering that he has already spent four years in preventive custody and has been given remission for good conduct.

But he filed an appeal following the judgement handed down by Mr Justice Joseph Galea Debono on July 2.

Mr Bakr, now a Maltese citizen, arrived in Malta in 1995 as a refugee, got married here and had two children with his Slovenian wife, who returned to her home country a short time after the human smuggling case began.

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