The Freshwater Five: A Fishing Crew's Fight for Justice After Being Jailed for 104 Years

by Mike Dunn and Jamie Green

All I am is a fisherman. That's all I'm guilty of, Your Honour.

On 31 May 2010 eleven holdalls were discovered along the shore near Freshwater on the Isle of Wight; when opened they contained 53m worth of cocaine - the biggest haul ever found in UK waters. A local fishing crew was accused of waiting in the Channel for the bags to be thrown from a passing cargo ship in an operation allegedly masterminded by a local scaffolder.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750992476
• ISBN13: 9780750992473
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.7"