The Rev John Lee wrote about Billy Burton: > > http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/wetherby/Thalidomide-victim39s-Filipino-jail-39living.6309350.jp > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7127768.ece > > Just want to bring to your attention the plight of Billy Burton, an old > mate of mine who's now done 18 years in a Phillipine jail for drug > smuggling, and seen his sentence increase to 40 years! Don't condone what he > did, but 18 years already is way more than enough. Some of you may have seen > Billy at games, home and away, with me and certainly with Ted Heaton > (Tadcaster boys!!)....
Yeah, Billy was a great lad, we had plenty of laughs in the old 2nd Division days in the early - mid 80's when I lived in Tadcaster & then Harehills. Again, I don't condone what he did but he's served 18 years - surely enough is enough! I've contacted The Thalidomide Trust to see what's being done. I did write to him about 8 or 9 years ago but I never heard if it got there. Funny - I last saw him before the Rangers Home leg in 92, he was telling me how he'd been to the away leg (with Garry Edwards I believe) even though Leeds fans were banned. I didn't realise that must of been a matter of weeks before he was jailed. The first ever conversation I had with him was when we met thru mutual friends in the pub and he asked me what they called a Lambretta rider with short arms - - - - - a Thalidamod. Certainly an ice-breaker all things considered!! Ted H . _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
