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Nicholas John 'Nick' Baker is a British citizen who was convicted of smuggling cocaine and ecstasy into Japan. He was arrested at Narita Airport on 13 April 2002 and found guilty by the Chiba Prefecture District Court in June 2003. He was sentenced to 14 years' jail with forced labour and fined ¥5,000,000. At his trial Baker claimed that he was tricked by his travelling companion, James Prunier, into carrying the drugs through customs in a false-bottomed suitcase. Baker also claimed that during his initial detention he was mistreated by Japanese authorities with sleep deprivation, no access to legal counsel, and that he was forced to sign a confession written in poor and inaccurate English. Baker's conviction was upheld on appeal but Baker's sentence was reduced to 11 years in prison and t

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  • ニコラス・ジョン・ベイカー(Nicholas John Baker)は、イギリスの料理人。 2002年4月13日にジェームス・プルニエという男とともに2002 FIFAワールドカップを観戦するために訪日した際に、成田空港の税関での検査でスーツケースに隠されていた合成麻薬約4万錠およびコカイン約1キロが発見された。スーツケースはプルニエものだと主張したが、ベイカーだけが現行犯逮捕され、プルニエは2日後に出国した。この1ヶ月後にプルニエはベルギーにて麻薬で逮捕されている。2003年6月12日に千葉地方裁判所で懲役14年と罰金500万円の有罪判決となった。この事件の裁判において、ベイカーのイギリス英語に対する捜査時の誤訳の問題が争点となった。2005年7月21日の控訴判決で懲役11年と罰金300万円へ減刑とされた。 (ja)
  • Nicholas John 'Nick' Baker is a British citizen who was convicted of smuggling cocaine and ecstasy into Japan. He was arrested at Narita Airport on 13 April 2002 and found guilty by the Chiba Prefecture District Court in June 2003. He was sentenced to 14 years' jail with forced labour and fined ¥5,000,000. At his trial Baker claimed that he was tricked by his travelling companion, James Prunier, into carrying the drugs through customs in a false-bottomed suitcase. Baker also claimed that during his initial detention he was mistreated by Japanese authorities with sleep deprivation, no access to legal counsel, and that he was forced to sign a confession written in poor and inaccurate English. Baker's conviction was upheld on appeal but Baker's sentence was reduced to 11 years in prison and t (en)
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