Fergie off to prison?

[onyx39]

Just read on Sky News that Sarah Ferguson is facing 20 odd years in a Turkish prison!

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16148091

The Duchess of York has been charged in a Turkish court over secret filming of an orphanage in the country for a documentary.

Officials accused Sarah Ferguson in her absence of going "against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy" of five children during her trip there in 2008.
She faces a maximum of 22.5 years' imprisonment if she is convicted, but a trial date is yet to be set.
The Duchess made an undercover trip to Turkey in 2008 to investigate orphanages for an ITV programme, called Duchess and Daughters: Their Secret Mission.
She spent several weeks investigating orphanages in Turkey and Romania, visiting institutions for disabled and unwanted children in cities including Ankara and Istanbul.

[eldudereno]

Surprised that this has happened as you would normally have expected that certain people in the UK would have had a word with the appropriate Turks and prevented it.

[onyx39]

eldudereno said:

Surprised that this has happened as you would normally have expected that certain people in the UK would have had a word with the appropriate Turks and prevented it.

She not exactly the most popular Royal / former Royal though is she?

[jmorgan]

Or are Turkey miffed at getting caught out?

[anonymous-user]

Article said:

Officials accused Sarah Ferguson in her absence of going "against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy" of five children during her trip there in 2008

Guess she can't go back there again then.

[Disco_Dale]

Can't a special rendition flight be arranged?

[Fer]

Disco_Dale said:

Can't a special rendition flight be arranged?

Using a Galaxy?

[anonymous-user]

Disco_Dale said:

Can't a special rendition flight be arranged?

Jimbeaux! We need you, man!

[Hackney]

Phew, for a second there I thought the attractive third of Black Eyed Peas was going to prison

[Wacky Racer]

For a minute there I thought it was Slur Alex......

[Mr GrimNasty]

Someone's hoping Turkey doesn't join the EU then.

[anonymous-user]

eldudereno said:

Surprised that this has happened as you would normally have expected that certain people in the UK would have had a word with the appropriate Turks and prevented it.

I would have thought that "certain people" in the UK would have been having a word and encouraging it!

[bristolracer]

So i assume the Turks have also charged the abusers running the childrens home that Fergie exposed?

[Deva Link]

unrepentant said:

I would have thought that "certain people" in the UK would have been having a word and encouraging it!

That was my first thought when I heard it too.

[TheSnitch]

I am making a shortlist of people to whom I intend to make a gift of a small camcorder and an economy flight to Ankara.

[Frankeh]

So she can't ever go to Turkey again. I'm sure she's absolutely distraught.

[Lost_BMW]

Symbolica said:

Disco_Dale said:

Can't a special rendition flight be arranged?

Jimbeaux! We need you, man!

No, no... just call MI6. Experts at that sort of thing.

[Lost_BMW]

Mmmnn... is this the same Turkey that wants to be a member of the EU?

[fido]

Oh god, does that mean a sequel to Midnight Express?

[poo at Paul's]

fk me, this will drag the overall standard of Turkish Prisons down...