Ex-soldier who attempted to bring Afghan child to UK cleared of charges – video

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Rob Lawrie, a former British soldier, who tried to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl into Britain at her father’s request was cleared of all charges related to aiding illegal immigration on Thursday. The French court gave Lawrie a suspended 1,000-euro fine on a charge of putting the child’s life in danger - by transporting her in a storage compartment of his van rather than on a child seat with a seatbelt