They added: “We believe that our father can be tried in the week beginning May 8, after Eid in Iraq. We have days to save him before the verdict and we need the Foreign Ministry to help by intervening in his case now.
“Our lawyer has prepared a proposal to close the case and immediately repatriate our father, which requires the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be presented to the Iraqi judiciary.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Tasker said: “[He took] small broken pieces of stone and pieces of pottery.
The way Jim described us in a short conversation is, in fact, that the people on the trip raised the question, “Oh, is this going to be this, is this going to be okay?” You know? I mean, and the answer from the guides was effectively, “Yes, that would be good.” These pieces are pieces of broken stone, right? There is no value in these subjects, neither economic nor cultural.
“But the Iraqi government or the judiciary sent them to the National Museum of Iraq during the investigation phase to analyze these parts.”
According to Mr Tasker, the pieces were found to be man-made and more than 200 years old, which he considers to be artifacts of cultural significance – meaning Mr Fitton could be sentenced to death.
“Obviously there are no criminal intentions here,” Mr Tasker said.
He likened his father-in-law’s room to “something from Indiana Jones” with “ink drawings of beautiful architecture from around the world and bookshelves packed with travel guides”, adding that “he has always been extremely respectful of other cultures”. .
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