Beaten by Gaddafi’s nephew and intimidated by his thugs... so why was I treated like a criminal by British justice?By Elizabeth Sanderson Last updated at 4:56 AM on 27th March 2011
The swaggering son of Gaddafi’s henchman hit Karen Etchebery so savagely he broke seven bones in her face – yet after a campaign of threats and Foreign Office pressure, his trial collapsed.
Here she speaks bravely about the disturbing events that saw him free to return to Libya – and led her to a cell in handcuffs
Mohammed al-Sanussi was charged, in 2006, with an attack on two Brazilian escort girls, Karen Etchebery and Patricia Bech, at his London home.
This paper revealed last month that the ensuing trial collapsed amid pressure from the Foreign Office, which wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions pointing out that Britain’s financial interests could be damaged if the case was pursued. Al-Sanussi’s father, Abdullah al-Sanussi, is Gaddafi’s brother-in-law and head of Libya’s intelligence services
At the time BP was negotiating a £15 billion contract to secure oil and gas rights in the country.
'For people like him, hurting a girl is like killing a fly'
