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A court in Liverpool, England, was asked to serve a summons on him to appear at an open court hearing in Bulgaria on July 21-22, 2005, or if this date was not feasible, to consider November 28-29, 2005. A court renders a judgment according to the law and from inner conviction," the Justice Ministry said in a press release. Another 19-year-old Briton, Anthony Wilson, was given a suspended sentence of two and a half years in prison and four years on probation, for drug possession. At the time of the Golden Sands incident, both Shields and Wilson were under the influence of alcohol and cannabis. The verdict is appealable to a higher court.Bulgaria and Britain are parties to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, the Justice Ministry recalled.