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British ex-soldier avoids jail for trying to smuggle Afghan girl

Robert Lawrie had tried to smuggle the girl to England from France in his van

Afp January 14, 2016

robert lawrie carries four year old afghan refugee bahar ahmadi on thursday in boulogne sur mer france photo afp

Robert Lawrie carries four-year-old Afghan refugee Bahar Ahmadi on Thursday in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. PHOTO: AFP

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, FRANCE: A former British soldier on Thursday avoided jail for trying to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan child out of a migrant camp in France, with a court ordering him to pay $1,085 if he repeats the offence.

Robert Lawrie, 49, had tried to smuggle the girl to England in his van last year, but was stopped before he left France.

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