Royal Navy sailor, 22, jailed in Bahrain after ‘stepping in to break up fight’ & left caged with murderers and rapists
A ROYAL Navy sailor has been jailed with "murderers and rapists" after being accused of "stepping in to break up a fight" with a couple in a foreign country.
Owen Haggerty, 22 has been in a detention centre for more than five months after being arrested in Bahrain on duty.
A court in Bahrain has now given Owen a three-month sentence for the alleged assault.
He was expected to return back to the UK in February after spending four months in the detention centre.
However, the Royal Navy sailor is now expected to be put inside a prison along with other convicts.
Mum Kirsty Reynolds was left with tears when she got a call from a Royal Navy Officer who told hr about the arrest.
She is now “terrified” that her son won’t come out of the prison "alive”.
The mum said: "He’s going to be in with murderers, rapists, all the horrible people. It’s going to be so dangerous.
"I’m terrified he’s not going to come out alive. All I wanted was to welcome him home."
The mum alleged that authorities did not even give Owen a chance to speak in court before handing in the prison sentence.
She said: "He never even got a chance to speak in court, it was over in a matter of seconds.
"I can’t process it; it’s so surreal."
Owen, who always wanted to travel, joined the Royal Navy in 2021.
He left for his first deployment in Bahrain in October 2024.
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