Sandy Mitchell was one of seven men incarcerated in

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between December 2000 and August 2003 for the bombing death of Christopher Rodway, a British National living in

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. While in prison, he was tortured and forced to make a televised confession in which he detailed the methods and as to which he and his fellow prisoners committed the crime."I would have confessed to anything"
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''. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2011. He was later granted clemency and returned to the UK, as a result of intense negotiations by

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and a possible prisoner exchange in the U.S. Mitchell says the bombings were perpetrated by "Islamic extremists" and that he and others charged were victims of a cover-up conspiracy by Saudi authorities.Alasdair Palmer
"They will burn in hell for what they have done to me"
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''. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2011. Along with Mark Hollingsworth, he wrote ''Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover-Up Inside the House of Saud''. Others charged in connection with the death of Christopher Rodway include Les Walker, Ron Jones, Mike Sedlak, Raf Schyvens, and Bill Sampson. Mitchell, Walker, Jones, and Sampson, with the backing of Amnesty International, The Redress Trust, and Interights, sought the right in the British court system to sue Saudi Arabia for their torture. They won a Court of Appeal ruling in 2004, but it was overturned by a 2006 Law Lords ruling based on the

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."Saudi 'torture' Britons lose case"

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. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British expatriates in Saudi Arabia British torture victims People from Glasgow British people imprisoned abroad People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Prisoners and detainees of Saudi Arabia {{Torture-stub

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