Derrick Gregory was an English drug smuggler who was hanged in Malaysia in 1989.
14 Facts About Derrick Gregory
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Derrick Gregory's hanging was carried out three years after the Barlow and Chambers execution.
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Derrick Gregory had a previous criminal conviction for the attempted theft of a train from Charing Cross station, London.
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Derrick Gregory was arrested on 7 October 1982 at an airport in Penang with over a pound of heroin found in his boots and clothes.
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At the trial, the court in Penang was told Derrick Gregory had 14 packets of the drug in his boots and four packets in his underwear.
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Derrick Gregory was attempting to board a plane for Singapore en route to Los Angeles when he was arrested.
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Drummond said that the examination revealed that Derrick Gregory had an enlarged brain cavity and had done since he was about four years old.
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Derrick Gregory stated that he believed he was sent there to help smuggle car parts and diamonds, and that he had never been involved with drugs before and did not know what heroin looked like prior to the day of his arrest.
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Derrick Gregory testified that was forced to smuggle the drugs after death threats from two men he met in Penang, who were members of a drug syndicate.
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Derrick Gregory was defended by Rasiah Rajasingham, who argued that expert evidence from psychiatrists who had examined Derrick Gregory proved that the defendant had a serious personality disorder.
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Derrick Gregory said experts had shown that Gregory was a vulnerable person and easily influenced.
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Derrick Gregory's local Member of Parliament, Barney Hayhoe, acknowledged that drug trafficking was an evil trade, but the particular circumstances merited a more compassionate and merciful treatment.
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Derrick Gregory was executed by hanging at dawn on 21 July 1989 at Kajang Prison.
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Derrick Gregory married Carole Cunnington in Hounslow in 1980, with whom he had a daughter, Tara, the same year.