27/03/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

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Good evening. The drugs smuggler over on the BBC News

Good evening. The drugs smuggler Curtis Warren has lost his appeal

against a Jersey court order to hand over nearly ?200 million. The Court

of Appeal in Jersey upheld the confiscation order, which followed

his conviction for plotting to smuggle cannabis into the island.

Liverpool`born Warren must pay the authorities the millions he's made

through crime, or serve an extra ten years in prison.

September 2009 and Curtis Warren leaves Jersey's Royal Court under

heavy guard. The infamous drug dealer from Liverpool, once named in

the Sunday Times Rich List, had been found guilty of plotting to smuggle

cannabis into Jersey. Three months later and a 13 year prison sentence

was handed down. Then last November, Jersey's Royal Court ordered him to

hand over ?198 million of assets he had made from crime. An order Warren

appealed. And today, that appeal was dismissed.

The confiscation order is believed to be one of the biggest of its kind

made in Europe. Prosecutors claimed Warren had invested vast profits

from drug dealing in business ventures and properties around the

world. Their case was partly based on a covert recording of Warren in a

Dutch prison in 2004 talking about money laundering. He's heard saying,

sometimes we'd do about ?10 million or ?15 million in a week.

There were no armed guards needed here at Jersey's Royal Court this

morning as Warren didn't appear in the Appeal Court in person. It took

little time for Judge Michael Beloff QC to say there was nothing new in

Warren's appeal application, adding that the evidence used in the

Crown's case was entirely reasonable. According to his lawyer,

Warren can now, in theory, appeal again to the Privy Council, or

attempt to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. If he doesn't

give the money to the authorities in Jersey, he will serve another ten

years in prison. Aurigny is launching it's first jet

service between Guernsey and Gatwick this Sunday. The states`owned

airline will lease an aircraft, like this one, from Flybe. Aurigny has

ordered its own, which will come into service later in the year.

Flybe will stop flying from the Channel Islands to London Gatwick on

Saturday because of rising costs. States members in Guernsey have

started debating whether or not to introduce island wide voting at the

next election. The issue has been brought forward by seven deputies

who want the matter considered so that changes can be made in time for

2016. People living near a smelly sewage

plant in Guernsey could soon be able to breathe fresh air. Despite an ?11

million investment to improve the stench the Belle Greve Waste Water

facility is still causing a stink for its neighbours.

Spring is in the air and on a lovely day like today, people will have

their windows open, but not the houses over there because they have

this see which treatment plant next to them. It was meant to help with

getting rid of the smells, but it has created another problem. We got

rid of the main problem which was an open chamber. What we did not do was

put any odour control on the old building, so now the new works are

in place, it is the next area we need to concentrate on to solve the

problem. How big a job is it? It is a reasonable sized job. It is the

next phase of sorting out all the problems. When can people see a

difference? At the moment we are looking for contractors to carry out

the work. Following that, we will award the contract and we hope to

have the work completed by the end of the year. How much will it cost?

We are not sure, maybe ?50,000. Thank you for joining us. Hopefully

by the end of the year all these neighbours here will notice a big

difference. Meanwhile in Jersey the Council of

Ministers wants ?75 million to be spent on new sewage treatment works.

It's part of a 20`year plan to improve the island's waste water

collection and treatment system. The plant at Bellozanne will be

replaced. Built in the 1950s, it's not up to today's standards. The

sewage plant we have at the moment was built in the 1950s, but now it

is time to upgrade to make sure the water going out into the bay is of

the best quality. The money will pay for upgrading sewage work, pipework

and general connections. It's 50 years since Condor Ferries

launched it's service between the Channel Islands and St Malo. And to

celebrate the captain and staff threw open the ships doors today,

sharing their memories and insights of life on board. It was in May 1964

that the service set sail when hydrofoils took to the water

carrying 140 passengers. The ferries have, of course, since changed, but

one man on board today had worked on those earlier boats. He told our

reporter Emma Chambers how that started a love affair with life on

the waves. You had to fly them through the

water when it was rough. It was satisfying doing that. Although I

retired years ago, I worked in the summer. So you don't really want to

lose the job? Of course not. It's the biggest speedboat in the world.

That's all from the late team here at BBC Channel Island's news. Ed

Sault will be back with your next full news bulletin tomorrow evening,

here on BBC One. In the meantime, I'll leave you with David and the

weather. Good evening. It has been a cold day across the islands.

Temperatures between six and eight degrees. It will be warmer tomorrow,

but not necessarily dry. Some of the showers will be heavy with the risk

of thunder and hail. 20 showers around to night. Perhaps a bit drier

in the small hours of the morning. Temperatures will start at six

degrees. It will get warmer with temperatures up into double figures,

but the brain is never going to be too far away. `` the rain. As we

move into the weekend it will be warmer and drier. 17 degrees on

Sunday, but there will be cloud and the threat of patchy rain. There is

a summary for tomorrow. Goodbye. weather. Now the national forecast

with Nick Miller. Hello, as winter becomes spring, the

atmosphere contains more energy. The shower clouds grow taller. If

conditions are right, you get thunder storms. There have been some

today. Bob took this picture near London this afternoon. The spring

flowers will appreciate the re turn return of warmth. Until then big

showers to come, pushing in across south-west England - some hail and

thunder. Sleet