He tried to make "a memory" of Falklands, he was arrested and had to pay a fine of 50,000 pesos to leave

The lawyer and marathon runner Daniel Sebastián Ujhelly was fined by a Malvinas Falk court while attempting to take a "souvenir". It's a munition from Monte Longdon, where one of the battles of the 1982 war took place, for which she had to shell out nearly 50,000 pesos to be able to leave the archipelago.

"It was a very expensive bullet," quipped Ujhelly, already laid back from the coral city of Curuzú Cuatiá, where he lived five years ago, after the odyssey where he was to live in the islands.

The lawyer traveled to the Malvinas on March 23 to participate in the southernmost marathon in the world, but his stay lasted until April 7, as he had to deal with several hours of detention and a brief trial that was followed and concluded. on payment of a fine of 800 pounds, or about 48,600 pesos.

"They accused me of possession of war ammunition," said the lawyer, who was forced to pay the money to leave the islands.

While he was about to return to the mainland on March 30 at Mount Pleasant Airport, he was detected – by X-ray – only in the suitcase shipped by the lawyer, there was a 7-millimeter ammunition; he was therefore arrested and detained. available to the authorities.

Ujhelly said he found the ammunition during a visit to Monte Longdon, one of the places where one of the bloodiest battles of the Falklands war took place, and had taken as a souvenir because it was a "piece of history". .

As reported by the Penguin News, the islands' main media outlet, in its Friday edition, the prosecutor of the case, Stuart Walker, explained that the Argentine lawyer had not declared the case. object, despite the warning signs on prohibited items. on a flight.

"The Islands Attorney has behaved well and said that I was not dangerous, that the ammunition did not really represent a danger to aviation and that staying in the hold did not represent a danger to the aviation and that staying in the hold did not represent a danger to the air force. There would be no access, "said Ujhelly, who had to face on the islands. a brief trial that included a videoconference with London.

"The London prosecutor was angry with me and accused me of attempting a terrorist attack more or less," he added.

According to the Penguin News, the judge of the Court, James Brooks, pointed out that a similar offense in the UK could mean a custodial sentence of up to five years in the islands, such a recommendation does not exist, but at most a maximum allowable sentence of up to three months ".

However, he felt that the judges of the offenses should take into account "the early recognition of the responsibility of the accused, his willingness to cooperate and his evident lack of intention to use the ammunition for the purposes for which they were created ".

Finally, shortage judges Derek Clarke, Anton Liversmore and Paul Freer imposed a fine of £ 800, which was in addition to the other expenses faced by the marathoner, who had to take another plane ticket and extend his accommodation to one week. Island hotel.

"I could have appealed the sentence, but if they gave me an audience within three weeks, it would increase spending." The London District Attorney and local judges were harsh with the leniency. fine, "he complains, as well as the treatment he's received from the local police.

Finally, on Sunday 7, he was able to leave the islands with the weekly flight to the Chilean city of Punta Arenas. From there, he moved to Río Gallegos, and – via Buenos Aires – finally arrived home at Curuzú Cuatiá on Wednesday of this week.

Source: Los Andes