HC Deb 08 March 1949 vol 462 cc108-9W
68. Mr. Platts-Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that Miss Krini Pavlides, Cypriot-born, 19 years of age medical student, who is a British subject, together with four other students, has been sentenced to death by a military court in Athens; and whether he will lodge an immediate protest with the Greek Government and demand that the sentence be annulled.

Mr. McNeil

Since the arrest of Miss Pavlides, His Majesty's Ambassador has afforded her the proper protection due to a British subject, and has, on the instructions of my right hon. Friend, drawn the attention of the Greek Government to the severity of the sentence imposed upon her. An appeal against the sentence has already been lodged and we must await the result of this appeal. The House will, however, appreciate that a person cannot expect, by virtue of being a British subject, to claim immunity for offences in a foreign country.