Drugs baron jailed for smuggling £35million cocaine sues prison for not giving him kosher food

Simon Price, 68, accuses prison service of 'institutionalised anti-Semitism' Career criminal jailed for smuggling 700kg of cocaine hidden in syrup drums He alleges Muslim and vegetarian prisoners get better treatment

By Rob Cooper

PUBLISHED: 03:15 EST, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 03:15 EST, 15 April 2013

A drugs baron jailed for trying to smuggle 35million worth of cocaine into Britain is suing his prison for not giving him kosher food.

Orthodox Jew Simon Price, 68, is accusing the prison service of 'institutionalised anti-Semitism' and alleges that both Muslim and vegetarian criminals get more favourable treatment behind bars.

The career criminal is serving 28 years after being found guilty of smuggling 700kg of cocaine hidden inside drums of syrup.

Claim: Simon Price, 68, is suing HMP Frankland, near Durham for failing to provide him with kosher food

Price alleges he was not given any choice about the food he was served in HMP Frankland, near Durham, in his claim brought under the Human Rights Act and equality legislation.

He claims that although prisoners are allowed to cook for themselves in the jail he had to share saucepans and other utensils that are used to prepare non-Kosher food.

The cocaine smuggler, who is demanding 2,500 in 'exemplary damages', also claims that the prison have failed to provide Jewish books in their library.

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Drugs baron jailed for smuggling £35million cocaine sues prison for not giving him kosher food