Former Commonwealth judo champion Robert Stilwell admits people smuggling
27 Jun 2016 13:00
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Former judo champion Robert Stilwell admitted people smuggling after a boat with 18 Albanians aboard began sinking off the Kent coast. Stilwell, 33, who represented Great Britain and held European and Commonwealth titles, will be sentenced on July 29 with his friend Mark Stribling. They were both remanded in custody.
They were charged with conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration of a member state, that between May 27 and 30 they conspired with others to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by non-European persons, namely 18 Albanian nationals.
Robert Stilwell was 2000 Commonwealth Championships gold medallist in Canada. Stilwell won several medals as heavyweight junior in the late nineties and early zeros as judoka. He won bronze at national championships and British Open.
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