North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien, a former UK Foreign...

North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien, a former UK Foreign Office minister, said he intendeded to intervene in the case of convicted drug trafficker Anthony Flanaghan. Flanaghan, aged 34, was sentenced to death by a Bangkok court after being found guilty of illegal drug possession with intent to sell. MP Mr O"Brien, whose North Warwickshire constituency included Bedworth where Flanghan grew up, said: "I will be making representations that the death sentence be commuted to a lesser sentence, such as life imprisonment.
"I don"t believe in the death penalty and it is not right that people should be executed but, having said that, if you go to another country and break their laws, you take the risks."
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the government would also be making approaches. She said: "Our policy is to make representations against the use of a death sentence where it is imposed against a British citizen. "Obviously we are going to be seeking advice from Mr Flanaghan"s lawyer. We have to wait for all appeals to go through."