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Arms dealing Brit 'returns to UK'

British businessman Christopher Tappin, who was jailed in the US for arms dealing, has reportedly returned to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence.

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Tappin's US prison 'teeming with rats and run by gangs'

The lawyer of Christopher Tappin, who was jailed in the US for arms dealing, said the British businessman had to endure a prison that was "teeming with rats and run by gangs".

Karen Todner, who appeared to confirm his return to the UK, told the BBC:

For six weeks while his repatriation was being approved, he was moved to the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York, a prison which is teeming with rats and run by gangs.

Mr Tappin is an upstanding, proud man and he told me he just tried to stay in the background there.

After that, his hands and feet were shackled while he was taken to JFK Airport to be flown home. His family are relieved he is back, particularly as he suffers chest problems.

– Karen Todner

Briton jailed in US over arms dealing 'returns to UK'

A British businessman who was sent to prison in the US for arms dealing has reportedly returned to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence.

Christopher Tappin has reportedly been allowed to return to the UK. Credit: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

Read: Christopher Tappin jailed for arms exports

Christopher Tappin was extradited last year and pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the illegal export of defence articles.

He was sentenced to 33 months in prison and fined $11,357 (£7,095) in January after a so-called plea bargain with US prosecutors.

US District Judge David Briones recommended that Tappin, from Orpington, Kent, should be allowed to serve his sentence in the UK.

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