'Guernsey's left me to rot in a Scottish jail'

A DRUG trafficker has accused the Guernsey parole board of leaving him 'to rot' in a Scottish prison.

Gary McKenna, 42, is serving 13 years and nine months for bringing 10,000 Ecstasy tablets worth about £200,000 into Guernsey. At the time it was the island's biggest seizure of the Class A drug.

He was arrested in September 2003 and contacted the Guernsey Press after having recently been refused parole for the fourth time.

The father-of-two, who was transferred from Les Nicolles to Edinburgh in 2006, has challenged the Guernsey Parole Review Committee to explain why he is still incarcerated after almost eight years. He is attempting to challenge the board's ruling through a Judicial Review.

'I've done more time than most murderers in Scotland,' he said.

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