'From now on you have no name. You are prisoner 217': life in a Cuban jail
A brutal high-security prison was the last place Stephen Purvis expected to end up when he moved to Havana. Stephen Gibbs tells his story
Our man in Havana: Stephen Purvis languishing behind bars. Photograph: Pal Hansen for the Observer-- Before the fall: Stephen Purvis with his family before his arrest
Day of reckoning: Stephen Purvis goes to court in 2013. Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP--The prisoner: Stephen Purvis. Photograph: Pal Hansen for the Observer
If you happened to go to a British embassy reception in Havana in the early 2000s, you would likely have met Stephen Purvis. You could not miss him. Six foot four, cropped grey hair, rum in hand, a broad smile and no shortage of good stories.
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