george Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 ‘I was abused and held captive’ says British woman facing death for drugs Shivaun and Ram Naruzal Shima heading for court Dressed in orange prison robes and handcuffed to a fellow suspect, this is the daughter of a British nuclear scientist facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drugs trafficking. Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia: -- Shivaun Orton, 41, and her husband were arrested after police found £16,000 of cannabis, amphetamine, ecstasy and heroin during a raid on their home. If found guilty, she could become the first British woman to be hanged since Ruth Ellis in 1955. But yesterday she insisted she was innocent. She said that while her Malaysian husband Abdul Harris Badileh was a womanising drug user, she had been kept as a virtual prisoner at their home 12 miles from a beach resort they own. Miss Orton’s late father Mike worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Aldermaston, Berkshire, for 36 years. She grew up in the Welsh coastal town of Harlech but has lived in Malaysia since 1995. Yesterday she wept as she told how she had arrived at her present predicament. Having passed her A-levels, Miss Orton left for the U.S., where she did an arts degree at Miami University. It was there that she met her husband-to-be. Despite her mother Shirley’s disapproval of the relationship, they married and 15 years ago moved to Malaysia, although she always kept her British passport and surname. She said she left America with about £20,000, with which she helped her husband set up the Ranting Resort, a group of chalets in Cherating. They have two sons, Jacob, 16, and Isaac, 14. Husband: Abdul Harris ‘I soon learned what it was like to be an Islamic bride,’ she said. ‘My husband insisted I live across the border in Terengganu, which is a strict Islamic state and which I call Taliban Land. I cannot go out by myself. I have to cover up. I am there to serve my husband and family. ‘My husband on the other hand was out all the time, often with women and taking drugs. What angered me most was that the women were of no class at all, just tarts. ‘It got so bad that in 2003 I packed my bags and got in the car. I had made it almost 200 kilometres and was within an hour of Kuala Lumpur and the airport and a flight back to London when I was stopped by police at a checkpoint near a [more...]. Full story: http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/12/21/i-was-raped-and-held-captive-says-british-woman-facing-death-for-drugs/ -- by Andrew Drummond 2010-12-21 in The Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Another sad and tragic story. I am trying to avoid slamming religions, so enough said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 At least her husband has had the courage and the intestinal fortitude to admit it was his stuff and not hers. I hope that helps her situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 drug dealers deserve the death penalty . the stakes are high , and so are the gallows . :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Another sad and tragic story. I am trying to avoid slamming religions, so enough said... I don't think you are slamming a particular religion. Anyone who has read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali will understand your point very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewdrummond Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Another sad and tragic story. I am trying to avoid slamming religions, so enough said... I don't think you are slamming a particular religion. Anyone who has read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali will understand your point very well. Latest story here http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/12/24/death-charges-confirmed-on-british-woman-in-malaysia/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Deleted some off topic posts and two that were derogatory to women.If you want to discuss the news story, have at it. If you want to salivate over a young girl please do it elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pria Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 It says she was remanded not that she's been charged so the "facing the death penalty" is a bit of a beat up Certainly not the first instance such as this. In a similar context Australia had two kids abducted by their Malaysian prince father back in 1992 and never were able to get them back Kidnapping our Kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC82 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 She could have gotten away if she wanted to and she surely knew he had drugs there. She should not be put to death imo but she did commit a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC82 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Calling the British Embassy would have done the trick after her rape incident 7 years ago. She stayed anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 A sorry tale...yeah leave her kids behind and do a runner.....drugs...capital punishment..... Hard to feel much sympathy except for the kids involved.....heroin....certainly they both knew the risk they were running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Facing the ‘long drop’- The controversy over Shivaun Orton Briton Shivaun Orton faces death in Malaysia for drugs trafficking. But was she a trafficker or a victim? And will she be able to convince authorities she had no choice? A comment by Andrew Drummond. Times have changed in the execution business. In the old days I guess one took along one’s knitting and applauded as Madame Guillotine sliced off heads in Revolutionary Paris. Or in London one could jeer and shout from a specially erected grandstand at Tyburn (Marble Arch). Today, seemingly facing the inevitable path to death row in Malaysia, 41-yr-old British mother Shivaun Orton is the target for critics on internet forums, most of whom seem to be of the opinion that she deserved what was coming to her. Shivaun Orton But as a journalist myself I can hardly escape criticism that I was there in Malaysia myself visiting Shivaun because of widespread interest, much of which may have been morbid. The fact is that I am not new to trials and executions in Malaysia. In fact, after a Papal Tour in the Philippines and a brief spell chasing a wayward English [more...] Full story: http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2011/01/03/facing-the-long-drop-the-controversy-over-shivaun-orton/ -- Adrew-Drummond.com 2011-01-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougLee Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) sad tale but she should not get to calll other women 'tarts' when she did not listen to her parents and she did not leave him after the first abuse. At least those tarts' get abused for money This is coming from someone who dislikes those "tarts" Edited January 3, 2011 by DougLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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