Malaysia's Court of Appeal has freed a Briton sentenced...

Malaysia's Court of Appeal has freed a Briton sentenced to death for drug trafficking after ruling there were "too many contradictions and inconsistencies" in his case.David Anthony Chell, 58, a psychiatric nurse and father of two boys from Stoke-on-Trent, was ordered hanged in 2000 by the High Court in Malaysia's northern Penang state for allegedly trafficking in 189.86 grams (6.7 ounces) of heroin.Under Malaysian law, the death penalty is mandatory for smuggling more than 15 grams of heroin.Chell was arrested at Penang airport on October 7, 1998, on his way to Australia via Singapore, with the heroin allegedly stuffed in 133 condoms and hidden in his underpants.