European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world monday August 9.1993 briton makes Appeal for sympathy woman convicted of adultery in Dubai pleads Case to Media pm Dubai United Arab emirates a a British emirate. The court cited islamic Law which bars Coha woman convicted of adultery has issued a plea for understanding after both she and her Lover were sentenced to a year in jail for violating islamic Law. My name is Yvonne Wade began the Handwritten message sent by fax machine to news offices in Dubai late Friday night. Nyvonne Wade said she left her husband diver Ken Campbell in 1991 and moved in with British helicopter Pilot Peter Wade because Campbell was always drunk and assaulted me on several three were working in shariah the emirate next to Dubai. Yvonne Wade assumed the Pilot s name but could not marry him because her divorce from Camp Bell was not final. A shariah court last tuesday convicted Yvonne an Peter Wade of adultery and sentenced them to one year in prison to be followed by deportation from the citation by unmarried Wade 28, was released on bail from prison thursday along with three of her children. Pete Wade 41, remains jailed while the couple Appeal. Her fax asked shariah s Appeal court to be under standing. And sympathetic to our the authenticity of the 2vi-Page fax was confirmed by a Friend of Yvonne Wade who is known to have been in Contact with her in shariah since her Wade also implored the Media in Britain where the Case has generated a tabloid uproar not to jeopardize her Appeal. A shariah Justice ministry official has reacted sharply to the British Media reports. We see no reason for this outcry. The . Judic iary is fair and Independent and there is no interference in it by any authority the unidentified official was quoted As saying by shariah s Al Khaleen newspaper saturday the wades cohabitation apparently was brought to4he attention of shariah authorities by Campbell while divorce proceedings were under Way in Wade said she came to shariah a decade ago with Campbell. They have three children Rebecca 10gemma, 7 and Grant 5. This year Yvonne Wade gave birth to a three younger children were with her in jail. She sent Rebecca Back to her parents in England earlier according to London s daily mail newspaper. Her fax said her divorce from Campbell will become final on thursday. London s daily mail quoted Campbell 31, As saying he reported the wades cohabitation to shariah authorities because he was facing the loss of his children Anda crippling support Bill. Typhoon storms Batter South Pacific Caribbean Saipan Northern Mariana islands a typhoon Robyn packing gusts of up to 160 Mph roared toward South Ern Japan on sunday bringing More rain to a country already hit hard by floods. Robyn was expected to pass just East of Okinawa late sunday or Early today said it Greg Salvato of the . Military joint typhoon warning Center on Guam. The Island is about 1,000 mile South of Tokyo. Robyn with sustained winds of 130mph and gusts to 160 Mph is the seventh Pacific typhoon of the year. It was expected to unleash More rain on Southern Japan where floods and land slides have killed at least 40 people. Hard Cost hit was Kagoshima City about 625 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. It was soaked by More than 10 inches of rain on Friday. Meanwhile tropical storm Steve swept through the Marianas on sunday but caused no injuries or major damage. The storm s maximum sustained Windsor 60 Mph and gusts to 80 Mph might have damaged some crops civil defense Agency coordinator Elias Okamura said shortly after the storm passed. Some flooding flow lying areas also occurred. The Northern Mariana islands Are Weston the International dateline some 3,300 Miles from Hawaii. About 39,000 people live on Saipan and about 4,400 live on the neighbouring islands of Tinian and Rota. In the Caribbean tropical storm Bret brushed the coast of South America on saturday after lashing Trinidad and Toba go with 50-Mph winds and downpours. The venezuelan and colombian governments issued tropical storm warnings for areas in the storm s path but forecast ers did not expect the winds to increase in strength. 3,000 fans Security forces clash at annual Rock festival in Poland Warsaw Poland a about a 3,000 youths at a Rock festival fought Security forces with stones bottles an wooden planks torn from benches after some were barred from dancing on stage it was reported saturday. Five people were hospitalized with in juries after Friday s riot at the annual summer music festival in Jaracin a Small town 155 Miles West of Warsaw said local police spokesman Jerzy Pirzynski. Pirzynski accused the Security guards hired by concert organizers of incompetence and said 400 Baton wielding police officers were needed to end the violence. In the one hour riot the first riot inthe festival s 14 years an auxiliary stage was destroyed and violence spread into town where windows were broken in Homes and ambulances. There were no reports of arrests. The Melee began after concertgoers were prevented from Pogo dancing on a stage where the polish Punk groups mar . Was performing. Media reports said the guards fought Back with chains baseball bats and brass Knuckles. Also on Friday a group of Drunken fans bound for Jaracin from the Southern Industrial City of Katowice trashed six train cars and terrorized a group of Chil Dren returning from a Holiday Camp the National newspaper gazeta web orca re ported. The paper said the Drunken fan threatened to Cut the children s throats or throw them out of the train if they did t make room. British train robber Ronald Biggs is shown in police custody left in this undated photo and in the foreground of a 1987 photo right taken in Rio de Janeiro. Robber Marks 63 heist with dream of a Pardon Rio de Janeiro Brazil a Ronald Biggs celebrated the anniversary of a $7.2 million robbery saturday that has kept him running for much of the last 30 years. My dream is to be pardoned be cause i love England Biggs who also marked his 64th birthday said in ride Janeiro where he celebrated with Beer and Punk Rock music. On aug. 8, 1963, Biggs was one of14 robbers who took 2.6 million pounds then Worth $7.2 million from the Glasgow to London mail train. Most of the robbers were caught including Biggs who was sentenced to 30 years in he escaped in 1965, had plastic surgery and stayed one step ahead of Scotland Yard across Europe and escaped from prison because guards made too much noise and i could t sleep Biggs told Well wish ers at the Celebration at his Rio was discovered in Brazil in 1974, but authorities declined to de port him after learning he had a child born in was kidnapped by a Bounty Hunter and taken to Barbados in 1981,but again the brazilian government intervened and he was returned. Pope eagerly gears for youth Celebration in Denver Vatican City up1 Pope John Paul ii was leaving today on an eight Day trans Atlantic trip that will Climax with four Days in Denver where a Jamboree Oyoung people from All Over the world will celebrate the Catholic Church s world youth Day next sunday. Church officials expect at least half a million pilgrims to attend the ceremonies in Denver where a carnival atmosphere has been building for weeks. Along with the mass of enthusiasts going to see the 73-year-old polish Pon Tiff there will be representatives of at least 17 political and religious groups Bent on protesting Church policies which John Paul strongly supports. These policies include the Catholic Church s ban on abortion women priests and artificial birth control As Well As it condemnation of homosexuality. But the protests were not expected to dismay the Pope who was jubilant Over the Prospect of taking the gospels Mes Sage of Christian love to Young people. At his sunday noon Angelus service before several thousand pilgrims and tourists in the courtyard of his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo John Paul asked the throng to Pray for the successor what is his 60th trip outside Italy since he was elected head of the 900 million Strong Catholic Church in 1978. In Denver we will cry out with the generous voice of these Young people the commitment of the Church to life and we peace John Paul said. Above All we will announce that there is Hope and Sal vation for All because Over every human defeat the victorious love of god is on his arrival at Denver s Airport thursday the Pope is to be welcomed by president Clinton. Immediately afterwards they will meet for a private talk at the Jesuit run Regis University. It willbe the first time the Pope has met Clin ton. V v
