No presents from home for French agents
PA Auckland Apart froin freedom, something else was missing from Christmas for the imprisoned French agents, Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur — there were no presents from home. Mafart, at Paremoremo maximum security prison, received a chocolate log cake from his New Zealand lawyer, Mr Gerard Curry, and a “warm handshake” from prison staff. He also got packets of biscuits, tinned fruit, and prison welfare parcels of
similar goods. The acting prison superintendent, Mr Kerry Sullivan, said Mafart received telegrams from France and a telephone call from the French Embassy in New Zealand: He did not get any presents from France, but would have been allowed only selected food items. Mr Sullivan said Mafart was fitting into prison life quite suitably and had regular visits from his lawyers. Staff at. Mount Eden Women’s Prison — Prieur’s
8 abode until a more permanent cell is decided upon by the- Justice Department — were reluctant to discuss Christmas celebrations there. A guard said all the women had had a good time * and got cakes and biscuits as presents. She was not aware of calls or telegrams from France to Prieur. The pair were sentenced last month to 10 years jail for their part in the Rainbow Warrior bombing, which killed a crewman, Fernando Pereira.
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