BBC Brian Howes Kerry-Ann Howes and 7 months illegal remand


extradtion.org.uk Extradition battle couple on bail A couple who are facing extradition to the US over an alleged £40m international drug ring have been freed on bail. Only after Brian Howes went on a thirty day hunger strike which put him in hospital to protest His partner and himself from being remanded without charge or even questioning. Kerry-Ann Howes and Brian Howes have been locked up on remand since they were arrested at their home in Bo’ness, near Falkirk, on January 30th 2007. They have been accused by American officials of supplying large amounts of chemicals to crystal meth labs but the chemicals are legal to have and to sell from the UK. The couple’s extradition hearing will be held in October in Edinburgh. The pair has been asked to surrender their passports as a condition of their release, and to stay at their home address. Kerry-Ann Shanks and Brian Howes did not have passports or Money so PF Dickson lied to have the parents of four young girls remanded. Mr Howes, 42, must report to Bo’ness police station twice a day and is subject to a curfew between 2000 BST and 0800 BST even though he has no criminal record. Ms Shanks, 29, must check in with police in Bo’ness once a day. The chemicals the couple are accused of supplying in an internet operation are legal in the UK, but regulated in the US. They would not have supplied the Americans if they knew for one second that they were illegal in anyway. A warrant for their arrest and extradition was issued by a