Belgian DAVID NOEL CATRY Caught with Cocaine in Cambodia (UPDATE: RIP)

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Re: Belgian DAVID NOEL CATRY Caught with Cocaine in Cambodia

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He was doing perfectly fine it appears: https://www.facebook.com/david.catry
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Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:37 pm He was doing perfectly fine it appears: https://www.facebook.com/david.catry
Except that you don't always post your financial problems on social media, so who knows.
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A different version of the news:

Man Sentenced To Death For Smuggling 1kg Of Cocaine
2 days ago
A Cambodian court jailed a Belgian man for life on Friday for smuggling a kilogram (2.2 lbs) of cocaine into the kingdom, a court official said.
David Catry, 34, was arrested in January at Phnom Penh’s airport with the contraband in his suitcase, which he had carried from Brazil.
He was found guilty of drug smuggling, according to Y Rin, a spokesman for Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
“The court sentenced the Belgian man to life imprisonment,” and fined around $20,000, Y Rin added.
https://www.newsbreak.ng/2018/06/man-se ... f-cocaine/
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 4:04 pm A different version of the news:

Man Sentenced To Death For Smuggling 1kg Of Cocaine
2 days ago
A Cambodian court jailed a Belgian man for life on Friday for smuggling a kilogram (2.2 lbs) of cocaine into the kingdom, a court official said.
David Catry, 34, was arrested in January at Phnom Penh’s airport with the contraband in his suitcase, which he had carried from Brazil.
He was found guilty of drug smuggling, according to Y Rin, a spokesman for Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
“The court sentenced the Belgian man to life imprisonment,” and fined around $20,000, Y Rin added.
https://www.newsbreak.ng/2018/06/man-se ... f-cocaine/
how is that different??
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phuketrichard wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:10 pm
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 4:04 pm A different version of the news:

Man Sentenced To Death For Smuggling 1kg Of Cocaine

https://www.newsbreak.ng/2018/06/man-se ... f-cocaine/
how is that different??
Life sentence = Death sentence. Nigerian news.
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LOL:
fake news

says in ur article

“The court sentenced the Belgian man to life imprisonment,” and fined around $20,000, Y Rin added.
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The death penalty was abolished here in 1989, almost 30 years ago. So BS news.
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I think CEOCambodia News was referring to the headline from the Nigerian press as being "a different version of the news".

The headline reads "Sentenced To Death", yet the text says "jailed a Belgian man for life".


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Life in Prey Sar prison.

Article in a Belgian newspaper with an interview with David Catry, serving life sentence in Cambodian prison.
The article is for subscribers only - and in Dutch.

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf202009 ... E909F64865

Translation of the article here :

David (38) was sentenced to life in Cambodia: "They call it" hell "here, and there is nothing to lie about it"
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BRUGES - David Catry (38) has been in prison in Cambodia for almost three years. He received a life sentence for trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine into the country. “I know I made a mistake, but hopefully this hell will end one day,” he says.

Early January 2018. David Catry, from Zeebrugge (Belgium) and 35 years old at the time, is removed from the crowd at Cambodia's international airport. The customs officers think he is suspicious and want to check him. David curses inside because he knows there is a kilogram of cocaine in the bent bottom of his sports bag. And smuggling drugs in is not exactly what they laugh about in Cambodia. It doesn't take long for the investigators to find the cocaine. David decides to put on a play and, amazed, claims that he knows nothing about it. But a convincing actor has never been lost to him. He is arrested and ends up in jail. After several interrogations, he bows down and confesses. The judge remains unrelenting: in June he is officially sentenced to life imprisonment.
He has been in prison for almost three years now. Recently he has been admitted to a hospital. A consequence of the appalling conditions in the prison. The diagnosis: an asthma attack in combination with a bronchitis. He has been monitored by doctors for more than a week. A relief compared to the Cambodian prison. And the time to have contact with the outside world. An agent lent David his smartphone. And that enables him to answer the messages from the home front. Also ours.

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The officer guarding him is sleeping next to him. But David is allowed to use his phone in the meantime. The chance that David will walk is small. He sends us a photo of his foot chained to the hospital bed with an iron chain. He himself makes the comparison with a neglected dog. But the smartphone in his hand makes up for a lot. “That agent didn't even ask for anything. It's one of the good ones,” says David. “I gave him five dollars and a bottle of Duvel. The latter was brought by a friend of mine when he came to visit me in the hospital. I secretly drank a bottle myself. Another good beer after three years. That tasted! Watch out, you can also get alcohol in the cell. A small water bottle full of whiskey costs $ 75. But I don't spend my living allowance on that. I now even gave the other bottle of Duvel to that agent. Out of friendship and gratitude.”

David never spent a day in prison before. The Cambodian cell thus became his first experience of living within four walls. Although he had more experience with the country itself. He lived there for several years and ran a food truck there. He sold burgers there, but business was bad. And that's why David chose the quick money. “I was in need of money and was desperate,” he says. “I didn't want to go home as a failure, broke and with a failed business plan. It all seemed so simple: I had to pick up a suitcase at the airport and return it later. For that I would receive $ 30,000. But I was stopped barely three meters from the exit of the airport.”

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Not $ 30,000, but a life sentence. Not a day goes by when David does not kick himself. “I can't turn back time. Unfortunately. It happened and I have to learn to live with it. But they say you learn from your mistakes. In my case, that's the least you can say. People can't believe how much I've paid for my stupidity. Did I know what I was risking? In all honesty, I had no idea that that would put me in jail for life.”


With 106 in cell of 30
And that prison is called Prey Sar. "Hell" in Cambodian colloquialism. And that, according to David, is not exaggerated at all. He is in a cell for 30 people. “There are currently 80 men in it. There have also been 106. And almost all of them smoke. We are locked up there for 21 hours a day and it is very hot. I know I made a mistake, but the conditions here are just inhumane.”

What does an average day in "Hell" look like? They are allowed to go outside at 8 o'clock. Until 10.15 am. “Then I try to train and cook a bit. There is food here, but that is really, really bad. So I try to cook my own meal with the living allowance that I have.” Then everyone has to go back to their cells. And then David takes a shower. “That is actually with a bucket and a scoop. The toilet is also just a hole in the ground. Even people have to lie there to sleep.”

At 2 pm they are allowed to “air” again for an hour. The signal for David to heat up his food or buy something new. To then remain locked up for the rest of the day. “Then I have a chat. I listen to music or read a book. Or we play four-in-a-row. Just to keep us busy. You know, it used to be crawling with cockroaches too. But since they put tiles it's a little bit better. We just have to sleep on the floor here too. So that is very, very hard. Side by side, because there is not more space than your own shoulder width.”

Support from friends

David hopes to be deported to Belgium one day. His case is currently at the embassy. “I really hope that I can be released within two years with a little help from the embassy. Only Belgium does not currently have a government, which does not immediately help my case.” The Zeebruggenaar tries to keep up the courage. Even more for his mother than for himself. “I call her a lot. She continues to believe that I will get home. And that gives me good courage. Because to be honest, I don't have much hope anymore. But I try to stay positive.”

But for the time being David is still stuck in Cambodia. With 200 euros living allowance per month. He gets this through the non-profit organization that some friends have set up. “It's the only way to have a decent meal here. With that money I buy my own food. At least that way I can eat decent food. There is a Facebook page Free David Catn Catry. It contains all the information. I'm really lucky my friends didn't let me down. I really need them and their help to survive now. Hopefully this hell will end someday. ”
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