article_snippet.sent: In what is thought to be an unprecedented case, a judge successfully argued a judge would be tortured and imprisoned by the authorities in a judge homeland because drinking alcohol is illegal.
article_snippet.sent: It means a judge will be able to continue a judge drink-fuelled offending spree in Britain.
article_snippet.sent: In a written ruling, Judge Jonathan Perkins said: 'Under the rule of militia [in Libya] the usual routine for a person found drinking was arrest, possible whipping and detention for a few days.'
article_snippet.sent: Expert witnesses had claimed that there was 'a chance of virtually permanent detention in the case of an habitual drunk'.
article_snippet.sent: He successfully argued He would be tortured and imprisoned by the authorities in He homeland because drinking alcohol is illegal .
article_snippet.sent: Belal Ballali, a British-Libyan researcher, said 'commercially produced alcohol is widely available in Tripoli' and 'cheaply made 'moonshine' is readily available and cheap to buy outside the capital'.
highlights_snippet.sent: The 53-year-old serial criminal argued The 53-year-old serial criminal would be tortured in Libya because drinking alcohol is illegal .
  