We have spoken with the FCO today in London who confirm that they have received confirmation from the Embassy in Costa Rica and the Honorary Consul in Managua, Nicaragua that a judge in Managua has issued an order stating that Steven has served his sentence and can now be released from prison!
This is quite simply amazing news!
There is still a lot to do! Prisons in Nicaragua are notorious for not releasing prisoners after their sentence has been finished. The system takes time to get all the necessary paperwork in place, so, whilst this is amazing news it could still be a few weeks or months before we get Steven back to the UK. However, we are not deterred by this and we are placing pressure upon the FCO to ensure that the process is completed in a timely manner.
As soon as we have a release date we will be able to purchase a ticket for Steven to fly back tot he UK. We may need to get him an emergency travel document which also has a cost, but the FCO think that the courts may have his passport, so we are hoping this is the case and he can fly back on that document without having to avoid the US and incur additional costs.
this is a very exciting time, I can tell you that Steven is overjoyed and is very eager to see his mother and family.
As soon as we have any further information we will be posting it here.
thank you
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
its been some time
I have spoken with Steve tonight who is in a really good frame of mind. He is very coherant and upbeat.
The last few months have been slow, not much has happened apart from us supporting Steve with little bits of money and telephone support which Andy has been doing for the last couple of months whilst Brendan has been preparing to leave to work in Africa.
Still, all is well. His release date of April 13th is fast approaching and we are hoping that this will be honoured as release dates in Nicaragua usually come and go without prisoners being released. But we are hopeful and even want to try and get him back earlier if we can.
We will be talking to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office tommorow to get an update from them about the status and potential release date. We will let you know what comes from those conversations.
The last few months have been slow, not much has happened apart from us supporting Steve with little bits of money and telephone support which Andy has been doing for the last couple of months whilst Brendan has been preparing to leave to work in Africa.
Still, all is well. His release date of April 13th is fast approaching and we are hoping that this will be honoured as release dates in Nicaragua usually come and go without prisoners being released. But we are hopeful and even want to try and get him back earlier if we can.
We will be talking to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office tommorow to get an update from them about the status and potential release date. We will let you know what comes from those conversations.
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