PRIME Minister Gordon Brown is facing calls to intervene personally in the case of a mentally ill Briton on Death Row in China on drugs charges.
Akmal Shaikh, from Kentish Town, north London, was convicted of smuggling 4kg (8.8lb) of heroin and faces death by firing squad.
But supporters say the father-of-three suffers from bipolar disorder and should be freed. Mr Shaikh, a former cab firm manager, was arrested in September, 2007, in Urumqi, north west China, and sentenced to death last November. His appeal will be heard today.
