A MORECAMBE yacht skipper has denied smuggling 72 Iraqi and Syrian illegal immigrants into Greece.
Michael James Wood, aged 45, is to go on trial in the port of Piraeus. He faces a maximum jail sentence of 10 years.
Wood says he was tricked and threatened by a Greek man who police are searching for in connection with the case. The Lancashire man arrived in the region two months ago.
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