"ALL I am is a fisherman. That's all I'm guilty of Your Honour."
On May 31, 2010, the biggest haul of cocaine ever found in UK waters was discovered in 11 holdalls along the shore of the Isle of Wight, worth £53 million.
Four fishermen and a local scaffolder who masterminded the operation were charged and found guilty of the offence, and were sentenced to 104 years in prison between them.
They have always denied any involvement.
Subsequent appeals have been lost but the men continue to protest their innocence.
Did they really attempt one of the world's biggest drug smuggling operations, or were they simply in the wrong place at the wrong time?
A new book tells the story from the perspective of one of the convicted fishermen, Jamie Green.
He is the skipper of the crew and remains in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit.
The book, The Freshwater Five: A Fishing Crew's Fight For Justice After Being Jailed for 104 Years is Jamie's story written by Mike Dunn and Nicky Green.
The book is out now, published by The History Press.
The publisher said: "It’s a story that reveals the human misery of brutal prison sentences and a story that leaves the reader with one question: Does the British legal system really dispense justice?"
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