I have merged and moved your posts to the legal section....Originally Posted by britishdetained
I am extremely sorry to hear about yours and your husband's misadventure and I can offer all my simpathy.
I am sure the other members will suggest more or less the same advice as I do, which is to seek proper legal advice and probably to instruct the lawyer to counterclaim against the officers involved for seeking bribes to drop the case.
Unfortunately in the Philippines, the "foreigner" is always an easy target for a shake down, regardless wether the charges against him are real or not.
In the Uk, or anywhere else in the West, very few people would have to spend time in jail before a trial.
Godspeed.
