1 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,960 I realize I'm middle -aged. 2 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:15,740 Physically not good enough. 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:17,340 Sexually not good enough. 4 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:19,080 Mentally not good enough. 5 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:24,140 I just wanted to be by myself and have a breather. 6 00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:30,880 I tasted this absolute freedom. 7 00:00:33,660 --> 00:00:35,260 It's the devil. It's the devil. 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,240 I was staying with the devil. 9 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:40,640 You can take this. 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:41,840 Bring him in. 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,520 I'm going to be the richest man in the world. 12 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:48,600 How stupid can you be? 13 00:01:24,430 --> 00:01:26,570 So in 2003, I was 42. 14 00:01:27,950 --> 00:01:29,970 And I'd just come out of a divorce. 15 00:01:35,490 --> 00:01:36,610 Marriage is broken down. 16 00:01:37,290 --> 00:01:38,290 Financially, it's difficult. 17 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:42,250 I had an online business website. 18 00:01:44,050 --> 00:01:46,990 And the whole business just blew up in my face. 19 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:51,010 Basically, I'd lost everything. 20 00:01:54,090 --> 00:01:55,530 My confidence was broken. 21 00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:59,330 I just felt unsure of myself. 22 00:02:00,630 --> 00:02:03,150 I was going through a midlife crisis. 23 00:02:08,830 --> 00:02:12,570 I felt an emptiness, a complete emptiness. 24 00:02:15,830 --> 00:02:18,950 The only family I have is Harold and my twin brother. 25 00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:20,790 How is it? 26 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,980 We've always been together. I can't lie, Harold. 27 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:24,138 Identical twins. 28 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:26,080 Financially, I'm battling. 29 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,000 A twin is part of you. You think and like you say the same thing. 30 00:02:30,660 --> 00:02:32,600 There was a problem with myself and my twin brother. 31 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:35,380 We always resolved the problems together. 32 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,360 You know, you can always come here. 33 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:42,560 But Harold was married, so there was no way that I could stay with him. 34 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,660 I'm not going to impose myself on you, okay? 35 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:47,660 Now, just add too much pride. 36 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,460 There was no way that I could live a lifestyle that I was living before. 37 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:57,320 So I had to find myself a place for me to stay. 38 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,760 And the backpackers was the only option. 39 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:08,400 Walking into a backpack is not easy. 40 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,700 It was the stigma which I had to overcome. 41 00:03:20,060 --> 00:03:23,340 If you're a South African and you stay in backpackers, you basically are 42 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:25,560 battling. Having a tough time. 43 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,320 But, and it's cheap. 44 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,880 I was paying 50 riyals a day. 45 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,120 Follow me. 46 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,120 Which is my bunk? 47 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,240 And I saw the conditions of how the people were staying in bunks and 48 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:49,780 I felt homesick. I'd like the top bunk, please. 49 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,760 I'll take the top bunk. 50 00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:04,480 I didn't fit into this backpack. That was a big change for me. 51 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,220 I felt like a loser. 52 00:04:14,890 --> 00:04:16,790 So the first night was an eye -opener. 53 00:04:18,310 --> 00:04:20,410 I didn't know who was going to come into the room that night. 54 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:27,530 Before you realize, one of them is peeking all over the floor at 2 o 'clock 55 00:04:27,530 --> 00:04:28,910 the morning, and I'm looking down at this. 56 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:33,290 And I'm saying, Wake up! 57 00:04:33,790 --> 00:04:35,570 You're peeking on the floor, and then we have an argument. 58 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,160 I could see no future. 59 00:04:50,820 --> 00:04:52,240 I could see no end to this. 60 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,620 I had to look at myself in a hard way. 61 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,520 Do I either go and cry about this? 62 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:07,020 Do I go back into a hole? 63 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,360 Or do I try something different? 64 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,720 Most weekends, they normally have a little barbeque. 65 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:29,480 I find that it took my mind off the divorce. It took my mind off the 66 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:30,480 find myself in. 67 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,960 I was planned into mixing with people that I'd never mixed with before. 68 00:05:37,180 --> 00:05:40,500 You see the different cultures, you see the way they speak, the way they dress, 69 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:41,659 the way they talk. 70 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:42,660 It's amazing. 71 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,820 I said, I've never traveled before. Never experienced going out of the 72 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:55,860 Meeting these foreigners elevated me to thinking about traveling. 73 00:05:56,220 --> 00:06:00,520 The backpackers definitely cut me off from the old David Hart. 74 00:06:00,820 --> 00:06:05,140 It was as if somebody opened the window and all the fresh air was flying in. 75 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:11,520 One particular night, I turned around. 76 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,140 And this person was right in front of me. 77 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,880 Hi. I'm Ben. 78 00:06:16,780 --> 00:06:23,060 Ben was absolutely confident, not dressed up to overkill. He just looked 79 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,280 Enjoying yourself here? 80 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:25,300 Yeah. 81 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,400 And out of the blue, he just said to me, How would you like to go to Mauritius? 82 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,200 Would you like to go to Mauritius? 83 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 That sounds great. 84 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:37,180 I work for a consortium. We do business overseas. 85 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,259 Oh, yeah? 86 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:39,720 What kind of business? 87 00:06:41,650 --> 00:06:42,650 Let's talk over here. 88 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:47,410 He said he'd make himself a lot of money, spend a week in a hotel. 89 00:06:48,390 --> 00:06:49,430 Would you be interested? 90 00:06:50,470 --> 00:06:51,470 It sounds great. 91 00:06:54,290 --> 00:06:55,290 What's that to do? 92 00:06:55,690 --> 00:06:58,470 All you have to do is take something with you. 93 00:06:59,830 --> 00:07:02,890 He says it would be a pair of leather sandals. 94 00:07:03,770 --> 00:07:04,770 Ah. 95 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:09,030 What would you put in the sandals, eh? 96 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:11,280 Ben did say to me, it was drugs. 97 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,580 I had no relationship with drugs. 98 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:16,520 I didn't know what drug deals were. 99 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,780 Then he said, why don't you go with a female? 100 00:07:22,340 --> 00:07:23,660 I'll pay for the both of you guys. 101 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:28,420 Diane was standing next to me. 102 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,700 I said, do you want to come to Marisa's? 103 00:07:35,370 --> 00:07:36,770 Ben said... You're the right type of person. 104 00:07:37,030 --> 00:07:38,970 You're the right type of look. You're the right type of couple. 105 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:41,250 You won't have any problems. 106 00:07:42,190 --> 00:07:43,930 I do know someone that's gone there before. 107 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:47,450 The aunt did tell me that she had spoken to somebody that Ben had sent to 108 00:07:47,450 --> 00:07:48,450 Mauritius a week before. 109 00:07:48,750 --> 00:07:49,750 They had a great time. 110 00:07:51,770 --> 00:07:54,690 What you'll be doing is a lot of responsibility. 111 00:07:55,270 --> 00:07:56,370 There's a lot of money involved. 112 00:07:57,550 --> 00:07:59,730 Ben said, I'll call you tomorrow morning, and he left. 113 00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:04,490 If Ben had said to me, David, do you want to be a drug lord? 114 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,800 I would have said no. 115 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,620 But the way he asked, would you like to go to Mauritius, made a big difference. 116 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,680 I was honored, in a way, to say, well, he's chosen me. He's given me this 117 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,420 opportunity. It really felt good. It honestly felt good. 118 00:08:18,220 --> 00:08:23,320 Because it was Mauritius, and because everybody loves going to Mauritius, that 119 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,400 was the decision we made. 120 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:26,640 There was no second thoughts. 121 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:36,949 What do you mean? 122 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:42,630 Let's get down to it. The next morning, Ben showed me the two sandals. 123 00:08:46,210 --> 00:08:49,070 And said, this is what you will be taking to Mauritius. 124 00:08:49,610 --> 00:08:51,830 Grand spanking new leather sandals. 125 00:08:52,850 --> 00:08:55,090 The first thing I asked was, what's inside? 126 00:08:56,530 --> 00:08:57,910 And he said, heroin. 127 00:08:59,390 --> 00:09:02,790 Only when he gave me the sandals did it start to sink in. 128 00:09:03,370 --> 00:09:05,010 I had no relationship with heroin. 129 00:09:05,290 --> 00:09:06,290 I didn't know what it looked like. 130 00:09:07,110 --> 00:09:09,310 Never ever did he ever show us the drugs. 131 00:09:09,630 --> 00:09:10,910 These guys are very well organized. 132 00:09:11,710 --> 00:09:13,410 Not one person has ever been caught. 133 00:09:14,270 --> 00:09:15,450 We've got nothing to worry about. 134 00:09:16,670 --> 00:09:18,390 He told me with absolute sincerity. 135 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:19,890 It's fine. You're safe. 136 00:09:20,350 --> 00:09:23,330 And that in itself made me feel very comfortable. 137 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:24,630 Try them on. 138 00:09:26,570 --> 00:09:28,910 So how much heroin can you put in a pair of sandals? 139 00:09:29,350 --> 00:09:30,350 You happy? 140 00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:31,990 Not much. 141 00:09:32,050 --> 00:09:33,050 What I thought. 142 00:09:35,859 --> 00:09:42,720 He gave us some cash, $5 ,000 between the two of us, and said, 143 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:43,760 guys, enjoy your trip. 144 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:44,900 I think we will. 145 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:49,140 Ben, to me, was an absolute godsend. He gave me direction. 146 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:53,220 You're good, I'm good. I was leaving South Africa, doing something active. 147 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:59,160 There was absolutely no moral thinking that I'm doing something wrong. 148 00:10:03,790 --> 00:10:04,790 Harold, good luck. 149 00:10:05,090 --> 00:10:08,770 I just told Harold and my twin brother I'm going on a holiday with this girl 150 00:10:08,770 --> 00:10:11,450 that stays in the backpacker. Don't even ask any questions. I'll see you next 151 00:10:11,450 --> 00:10:12,570 time, OK? Come on. 152 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:14,090 OK, bye. 153 00:10:20,330 --> 00:10:22,770 We had a direct flight from Cape Town to Mauritius. 154 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:28,930 It didn't really cross my mind that I was a drug trafficker because it was 155 00:10:28,930 --> 00:10:29,930 sandals. 156 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,660 I was living in a little bubble, completely naive to the dangers. 157 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:41,380 I didn't want to know anything about laws, being caught, nothing. 158 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:55,420 When we got off the plane, the sandals were a bit tight because they were still 159 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:56,420 brand new. 160 00:10:59,790 --> 00:11:02,750 It was screeching, so I was a little bit concerned that this thing was making a 161 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:04,170 little bit too much noise. 162 00:11:07,450 --> 00:11:08,990 You could see security people watching. 163 00:11:12,890 --> 00:11:14,110 I was nervous. 164 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:23,070 I just wanted to get my passport done so we're in Mauritius. 165 00:11:25,030 --> 00:11:26,430 How am I going to handle this thing? 166 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:28,010 Because I was nervous. 167 00:11:29,069 --> 00:11:30,550 Really, really nervous. 168 00:11:33,770 --> 00:11:37,650 So Diane turned around to me and said, are you okay, David? 169 00:11:37,970 --> 00:11:39,730 Do you want to put the sandals in the bag? 170 00:11:40,350 --> 00:11:41,350 And I said, no, I'm wearing them. 171 00:11:45,550 --> 00:11:50,070 When it came to our chance, I put my leg over the red line. 172 00:11:50,290 --> 00:11:54,570 I said, Diane, and we laughed. 173 00:11:55,790 --> 00:12:00,440 The lady with the passport just said, And said, enjoy your stay. 174 00:12:02,260 --> 00:12:03,260 And we were good. 175 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,320 And I was so relieved. 176 00:12:06,980 --> 00:12:08,800 I actually feel quite good about myself. 177 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:11,500 And 178 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:19,080 we 179 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,080 got into the taxi. 180 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:21,900 We were so excited. 181 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,420 It was absolute bliss. It really was. 182 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,840 And we come to this hotel. 183 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,080 Beautiful hotel next to the beach, palm trees. 184 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,040 Stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning. 185 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,040 Welcome to Mauritius, Mr. Hart. 186 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,600 This is for you guys. 187 00:13:06,340 --> 00:13:09,520 There was a cell phone waiting for me. The sim card. And it was cash. 188 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:11,460 Three or four thousand dollars. 189 00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:13,020 Enjoy your stay with us. 190 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,520 What? This way? 191 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,380 Everything went absolutely smooth. 192 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:20,760 We had arrived in British. 193 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:24,480 But now we have to deliver the sandals. 194 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,260 I remember saying to myself, I could still get caught. 195 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,100 I could still get caught. 196 00:13:47,140 --> 00:13:51,480 Phone rings, and somebody on the phone says, can you meet us outside? 197 00:13:51,860 --> 00:13:52,860 Yeah. 198 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:56,620 That's all. That's all it was. 199 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,320 So I said to Diane, can we get this deal done now? 200 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:01,480 Let's try to get this finished with. 201 00:14:02,540 --> 00:14:03,540 Okay, fine. 202 00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:23,640 We didn't know how it worked. We just thought they would come and pick the 203 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:24,640 sandals up or whatever. 204 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,380 But the car pulls up immediately. 205 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:29,900 The guy says, Are you South African? 206 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,020 I said, Yes. Get into the car. 207 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:36,740 We were a little bit nervous. 208 00:14:52,490 --> 00:14:56,330 And while we were driving, the phone rings. The driver's cell phone goes. 209 00:14:58,090 --> 00:15:03,350 Now he's talking a language that we don't even understand. 210 00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:07,010 We were really nervous that night. 211 00:15:08,890 --> 00:15:12,170 It's completely dark, and we get to the outskirts. 212 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:21,070 All of a sudden, this motorbike came behind us. 213 00:15:26,219 --> 00:15:29,180 screaming right up to her, right up to the car. 214 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:31,920 And the driver says, give the sandals. 215 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:33,480 Give them the sandals. 216 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,320 Give them the sandals. 217 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,440 So I wind down my window, and there are two guys with full -weight helmets. 218 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:44,780 Give them the sandals. 219 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,360 The aunt puts her head between her legs. She was really terrified. 220 00:15:49,060 --> 00:15:53,900 And I take the sandals, and I put it through the window, and his hand was 221 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:54,900 this. 222 00:15:57,290 --> 00:16:02,130 As soon as I gave the sandals to him, the motorbike went one way, and the 223 00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:03,430 just took a sharp dip. 224 00:16:08,170 --> 00:16:11,650 And we drove like a bat out of hell. 225 00:16:16,090 --> 00:16:19,690 We are so relieved that we got no sandals. We really are. 226 00:16:23,010 --> 00:16:26,630 I felt like the achievement of being able to say, I did it. 227 00:16:27,690 --> 00:16:29,870 Gave me confidence in self -respect. 228 00:16:30,530 --> 00:16:33,150 Something that had a bit of a risk to it. 229 00:16:34,270 --> 00:16:35,270 I got through. 230 00:16:42,450 --> 00:16:44,930 We had everything paid for and now it was spending time. 231 00:16:47,850 --> 00:16:49,750 We went absolutely crazy. 232 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:51,850 Enjoying ourselves. 233 00:16:56,910 --> 00:16:58,730 I thought, it's not that dangerous. 234 00:16:58,970 --> 00:17:00,470 This is a nice life to lead. 235 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:06,089 I knew I was going to go again, because this is really money for Jack. 236 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:20,750 Coming back to South Africa, back to the backpackers, from having the most 237 00:17:20,750 --> 00:17:24,810 amazing first -class food, and now I'm back to a tin of baked beans. 238 00:17:26,030 --> 00:17:28,590 It was a diner. It was an absolute diner. 239 00:17:30,210 --> 00:17:31,510 I tasted luxury. 240 00:17:31,810 --> 00:17:38,590 I tasted this absolute freedom with money in your pocket and just enjoying 241 00:17:41,030 --> 00:17:44,510 So when Ben called me and said to me, We've got another job for you, my 242 00:17:45,350 --> 00:17:46,350 I said, great. 243 00:17:46,710 --> 00:17:51,830 All I wanted to do was just go back and travel again. 244 00:17:53,070 --> 00:17:55,010 But I didn't want to share my money with anybody. 245 00:17:56,110 --> 00:17:57,370 I wanted everything for myself. 246 00:17:59,210 --> 00:18:01,190 Diane said to me... Can we go again? 247 00:18:01,770 --> 00:18:04,210 And I said, Diane, I don't think we should go too quickly. 248 00:18:04,610 --> 00:18:06,550 You know, it could be a little bit suspicious. 249 00:18:07,230 --> 00:18:08,230 Really? Why? 250 00:18:08,430 --> 00:18:10,290 We can't be leaving the country all the time. 251 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:13,470 I said, let's just relax, enjoy ourselves. 252 00:18:15,770 --> 00:18:19,910 I just wanted Diane to realize when I do it a second time, it's going to be by 253 00:18:19,910 --> 00:18:23,530 myself. I just said, Diane, if it comes up again, I'll phone you, okay? 254 00:18:42,259 --> 00:18:46,820 All I wanted to do was make sure that those sandals on my feet were the same 255 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:48,340 size, no bigger, no smaller. 256 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,540 Ben did tell me it was here. 257 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:54,440 He did tell me. 258 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,480 But I didn't even think about it. 259 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:02,320 I felt empowered that they could trust me, not thinking that they were just 260 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,320 using me. 261 00:19:03,830 --> 00:19:08,570 And before I even realized it, I was on my way to Mauritius. 262 00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:21,570 I landed in Mauritius on the 26th of January, 2004. 263 00:19:22,990 --> 00:19:26,710 Again, quite comfortable that the sandals did not look suspicious at all. 264 00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:31,470 Welcome to Mauritius. Last call, please. 265 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Thank you. 266 00:19:37,540 --> 00:19:39,160 Now I'm going through customs. 267 00:19:44,420 --> 00:19:46,820 And they say to me... What are you here for? 268 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:48,880 Blood eye. 269 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:52,980 And that's when I thought it was good. 270 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,380 Why are you back so early? 271 00:20:02,890 --> 00:20:07,830 Now, this is where it really got to me when I finally realized if I get caught, 272 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:10,170 this is a big one. 273 00:20:15,010 --> 00:20:16,690 But no more questions. 274 00:20:19,070 --> 00:20:20,070 Enjoy your rest day. 275 00:20:20,850 --> 00:20:22,250 I want to get paid for this. 276 00:20:26,570 --> 00:20:30,750 I got to the hotel, and the receptionist said to me, I'll be picked up tomorrow 277 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:31,750 morning. 278 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:37,360 I then started saying to myself, if I can do more trips to Mauritius, this 279 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,360 be very educative. 280 00:20:41,820 --> 00:20:43,280 But I was playing with the devil. 281 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,140 Out of nowhere... 282 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:01,990 To my bedroom. 283 00:21:02,790 --> 00:21:05,130 What are you doing, eh? 284 00:21:10,510 --> 00:21:13,410 And he says, where are your drugs, Mr. Hart? 285 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,650 And I said, I don't know what you talk never. 286 00:21:18,990 --> 00:21:19,990 Start the room. 287 00:21:27,990 --> 00:21:28,969 Stripped everything. 288 00:21:28,970 --> 00:21:30,030 I just went crazy. 289 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:35,630 He was absolutely confident that he is going to find the drugs. 290 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:41,190 And I sat there calmly with the sandals on my feet. 291 00:21:42,090 --> 00:21:47,410 I really, really concentrated on not trying to blink, not trying to sniff, 292 00:21:47,410 --> 00:21:50,330 trying to cough, not trying to do anything out of the normal, just keep a 293 00:21:50,330 --> 00:21:51,330 straight face. 294 00:21:52,510 --> 00:21:56,070 But one of the officers walked past and knocked my foot by mistake. 295 00:21:57,390 --> 00:21:58,610 And my sandal fell off. 296 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,420 Call me, just call me, put my sandal back on. 297 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,360 Call me, in front of them. 298 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,840 Because if you want drugs, look at my feet. 299 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:42,380 All of a sudden, he said, I'm sorry, Mr. Hawkins. I think we're having a 300 00:22:42,380 --> 00:22:45,100 mistake. We got the wrong information, he said. 301 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,600 Enjoy your trip. 302 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,000 Now I'm thinking to myself, well, they've searched me. They haven't found 303 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,760 anything. This is a perfect scenario. 304 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,620 I'm now 100 % safe. 305 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,720 But the achievement turned into panic. 306 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:12,360 I could not sit in the hotel with the drugs. That was not going to happen. 307 00:23:12,580 --> 00:23:13,880 I could still be being warned. 308 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,700 I need to get the drugs out of the sandals. That was the way I was 309 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:23,300 So I tried. Whatever was inside me, I let them down. 310 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,680 I wouldn't be able to splash. I didn't know how big it was. 311 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:31,340 And then the flame rings. 312 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,440 Hello? 313 00:23:36,590 --> 00:23:38,230 I said the producer being here. 314 00:23:38,830 --> 00:23:39,830 Don't worry, David. 315 00:23:40,010 --> 00:23:42,670 Everything is completely under control. 316 00:23:43,010 --> 00:23:44,010 When can we meet? 317 00:23:46,430 --> 00:23:47,430 Let's do it now, yeah? 318 00:23:47,670 --> 00:23:49,550 Good. My taxi will be outside. 319 00:23:51,770 --> 00:23:53,090 That was my biggest mistake. 320 00:24:00,690 --> 00:24:03,190 I was trying to rely on my gut feeling, my instinct. 321 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:06,100 And my gut feeling wasn't telling me anything. 322 00:24:09,260 --> 00:24:13,180 The only thing that made sense to me at that time was to get into the taxi and 323 00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:14,180 get rid of the drag. 324 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:17,340 My phone rings. 325 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:20,580 And now a male voice. 326 00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:24,720 And he said, there must be a person in a suit, a brown suit. 327 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:26,360 Just give it to him. 328 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,080 I looked behind me. 329 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,000 And I noticed a call. 330 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,200 But they kept it. 331 00:24:41,340 --> 00:24:42,340 Maybe it was paranoia. 332 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,000 I just wanted to get rid of the drugs. 333 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,200 That's all I wanted. 334 00:25:09,260 --> 00:25:10,960 Both the sandals were in my hand. 335 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:12,640 Like this. 336 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,460 From absolute nowhere. 337 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,400 Arms came round me. Grabbing the sandals. 338 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:24,520 Man in the brown suit. 339 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:36,980 I was then yanked up. 340 00:25:37,780 --> 00:25:40,360 The same policeman says, I have got you. 341 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:43,040 Now, you're going to pay for this. 342 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:44,500 Bring him in. 343 00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:58,360 So they took me to a cell and then proceeded to open up the sandal. 344 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,040 They were two small packets, this big. 345 00:26:12,820 --> 00:26:13,820 250 grams. 346 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,360 One in one sandal, one in the other sandal. 347 00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:18,060 250 grams. 348 00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:19,860 It was 500 grams. 349 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:24,800 That's half a kilo in a pair of sandals. 350 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,420 And that's the first time that I was confronted to see what heroin looked 351 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,460 They just wanted to know who the contact was. 352 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,040 Who was going to receive the drugs? 353 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:47,640 The 354 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:54,460 interrogation stopped 355 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:55,460 immediately. 356 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,480 All they wanted was a confession. 357 00:27:00,340 --> 00:27:04,040 I'd come to realise that I had made a mistake. 358 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:08,600 So I signed that confession with absolute free will. 359 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:11,160 I thought, there's a fine to be paid. 360 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:12,640 And I'm going home. 361 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:17,260 How stupid can you be? 362 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,400 You're going to get 45 years. 363 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:23,980 You are going to get 45 years. 364 00:27:24,660 --> 00:27:25,660 I was dead. 365 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,080 Dead in the water. 366 00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:56,380 That tends me to be remanded at the central prison and it 367 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:59,560 was dawning on me, my friend, you're in trouble here. 368 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,180 They were shouting and screaming and everything. 369 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:16,620 We're going to do this and we're going to do that. 370 00:28:17,260 --> 00:28:18,260 It's chaos. 371 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,060 I was scared, really. 372 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,200 allocated itself. 373 00:28:44,020 --> 00:28:45,780 And he slams the door. 374 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:58,000 That was a culture shock. To see these faces 375 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,100 with tattoos and scars. 376 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,300 And no teeth. 377 00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:11,280 Being confronted with the prison population 378 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,880 was an absolute minder. 379 00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,380 The first night was disturbing. 380 00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:25,960 There were four of us in the cell. 381 00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:27,480 And we had a quarter mattress. 382 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,000 And this is where we began to sleep. 383 00:29:32,340 --> 00:29:36,960 That's hot and humid, really humid, really, really, honestly hot. 384 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:44,600 That is when I realized there were no other options for my future. One 385 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,040 decision, how do I survive? 386 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,600 That was my future. 387 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,840 How do I survive? 388 00:29:56,980 --> 00:30:00,180 The next morning, I learned how the prison works. 389 00:30:01,689 --> 00:30:03,690 They'll open up at half past six in the morning. 390 00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:15,290 You stand with your foot, and everybody says, and the smell, oh 391 00:30:15,290 --> 00:30:16,290 my goodness. 392 00:30:21,270 --> 00:30:23,930 You've got money, you'd like to buy cigarettes, and you get one packet of 393 00:30:23,930 --> 00:30:24,930 cigarettes per day. 394 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,560 Your whole day will be spent out in the yard, not in the sun. 395 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,440 I knew something was happening. 396 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,920 And then one of the Africans said, don't ask any questions. 397 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,360 They're just going to inject. 398 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,180 I said, what? He said, you're heroin. 399 00:31:00,830 --> 00:31:01,830 Heroin? What? 400 00:31:06,630 --> 00:31:10,170 I've never ever been confronted with a heroin addict. So it was frightening. 401 00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:18,610 Everywhere you went in the prison are heroin addicts. 402 00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:21,650 They live from fix to fix. 403 00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:23,970 It was horrific. 404 00:31:25,270 --> 00:31:28,350 And I started to feel really guilty about it. 405 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,020 I thought about the 500 grand of heroin that I brought in. 406 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,400 How far did it go? What did it do? 407 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,480 I was disgusted. 408 00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,260 Because the way the prison was operating was purely on heroin. 409 00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:49,420 In the prison, there was three gangs. 410 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,880 The leader of each gang would distribute the drugs and sell the drugs. 411 00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,040 I was sitting in the yard. 412 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:05,600 And this Mauritian guy came into the yard holding a machete. 413 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,660 It had a long blade with a wooden handle. 414 00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:18,080 And there was a person in this particular yard. 415 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,480 Apparently, he had stolen drugs from somebody else. 416 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:04,760 Couldn't believe it. 417 00:33:05,420 --> 00:33:06,720 It didn't register. 418 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:13,040 The amount of blood that was on this ground, I never knew so much blood could 419 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,040 in a person's body. 420 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:23,300 To see a dead person mutilated like that took a lot of time to pull the end. 421 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,800 I felt as if, was I responsible for this? 422 00:33:51,790 --> 00:33:55,570 After that murder, everybody was just going crazy. They started burning 423 00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:56,570 mattresses. 424 00:34:01,230 --> 00:34:02,270 It was chaos. 425 00:34:07,650 --> 00:34:09,190 And then we heard sirens. 426 00:34:11,290 --> 00:34:17,710 All of a sudden, the riot squad of Mauritius, highly trained, military. 427 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:19,489 Coming into the prison. 428 00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:23,130 They came in just like this. And 429 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:28,389 they 430 00:34:28,389 --> 00:34:33,969 ripped that prison to pieces. 431 00:34:35,670 --> 00:34:37,270 To find where the weapons were. 432 00:34:54,299 --> 00:34:58,680 This riot became headline news, and we were locked down. 433 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:08,860 When I finally got out, I needed to find my twin brother, Harold. 434 00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:13,980 Hi. 435 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:16,360 How do you make a call in this place? 436 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,780 I've got a phone, but it's going to cost you. 437 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:23,640 Here. 438 00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:26,690 And he pulls out his cell phone. 439 00:35:29,050 --> 00:35:30,050 Cheers. 440 00:35:31,470 --> 00:35:32,470 Sir, the other number. 441 00:35:35,950 --> 00:35:37,770 Harold. And then I hear Harold's voice. 442 00:35:38,210 --> 00:35:39,210 How are you doing, David? 443 00:35:39,410 --> 00:35:43,150 I started to get tears in my eyes. First time I've heard my brother since I was 444 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:44,150 arrested. Not well. 445 00:35:45,150 --> 00:35:47,010 I told you, I had done what I'd done. 446 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:49,690 Okay? You have to help me put out this trial. 447 00:35:50,330 --> 00:35:54,140 All I wanted him to say was... We're going to come visit you. We're going to 448 00:35:54,140 --> 00:35:56,140 the best lawyer for you. That was all the answer in my mind. 449 00:35:56,900 --> 00:36:01,140 And all he said to me was, No, 450 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:04,880 I'm not going to come to Mauritius. You just get on with it. 451 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:09,580 My twin brother, breaking this bond, 452 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:13,600 it hurt. 453 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:15,820 It never happened before. 454 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,480 Never in my life has my twin brother ever said, Well, you do it. Get on with 455 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,680 You can't show emotions in prison. 456 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,300 That is what prison does to you. 457 00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:28,260 Makes you hard. 458 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:34,820 But when you're in your cell at night time, inner feelings come out. 459 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,180 And it all just sank in. 460 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,660 And you've experienced what you saw. 461 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:51,920 I started to cry. 462 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,380 It's the first time in my life that I have cried. 463 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:04,840 And I cried and I cried and I cried and I cried. 464 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,260 Just continuously sobbing. 465 00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:12,300 But what is my emotions going to help me in this situation? 466 00:37:13,220 --> 00:37:14,880 Absolute nothing. 467 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,440 is when I realize it's me. 468 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:27,440 There is no support. It's me. It's me. It's David Hart. 469 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,340 I'm the person that's sitting in this prison. 470 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:37,160 I'm the person that has to deal with it. 471 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,240 And that is a reality check. 472 00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:40,980 The depression set in. 473 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:48,380 I was at a point where I had to 474 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:51,320 Show remorse to myself. 475 00:37:58,060 --> 00:38:01,200 So I was sentenced on the 26th of September 2006. 476 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:03,780 A bit hard. 477 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,640 Yeah. 478 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:06,920 Nine years. 479 00:38:07,580 --> 00:38:11,020 They sentenced me to nine years for drug importation of heroin. 480 00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:18,380 And because of that fact that you can't do anything about it. Go. 481 00:38:19,820 --> 00:38:23,960 You come to terms that you've got to get on with your life. 482 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,300 But I had committed the Quran. 483 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:34,360 In order for me to exonerate myself, I needed to give back somehow. 484 00:38:37,020 --> 00:38:41,560 I felt if I could find myself a part of just helping anybody that needs the 485 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:45,700 help. That was the biggest, biggest adaption I had to make. 486 00:38:46,340 --> 00:38:47,960 Because I knew that I had to change. 487 00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:49,800 And that was the difficult part. 488 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,320 In the prison, there were four classrooms. 489 00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:09,399 Good morning. 490 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,400 Good morning. 491 00:39:10,540 --> 00:39:13,320 So I decided I think I should start teaching computers. 492 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,660 I didn't have any computer books, but I knew the basics. 493 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,140 First class, I was really nervous. This is computer class, yeah? 494 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,840 And I was deciding, what is the first thing I put on this chalkboard? What? 495 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:30,480 Computer classes. 496 00:39:31,860 --> 00:39:35,520 Like lessons, yeah? You look, and you type. 497 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000 And I made it fun. 498 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:43,780 You know what a modem is? This is a modem. Like a telephone, where two 499 00:39:43,780 --> 00:39:44,780 talk to each other. 500 00:39:44,860 --> 00:39:46,420 I want you to find the little tab. 501 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,640 And after the first hour, they didn't want to leave. 502 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,020 And that made me feel tremendous, tremendous. 503 00:39:57,820 --> 00:40:03,060 One day, the commissioner arrived. 504 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,780 And he said, 505 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,640 I'm going to build you a computer room right here. 506 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,240 Right here. 507 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,040 Just prove to me you can do this. 508 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:15,280 Thank you, sir. 509 00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:17,200 My whole prison way of life changed. 510 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,060 I had more responsibilities. 511 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,020 The biggest thing was I felt useful. 512 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,960 I used to look forward to doing the computers every day. 513 00:40:29,140 --> 00:40:34,300 I landed up teaching 600 detainees, and they all got their basic Microsoft 514 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:38,540 certificate. And that, in itself, helped me give back. 515 00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:40,180 I felt content. 516 00:40:41,060 --> 00:40:44,440 This void was filled up with achievement. 517 00:40:52,010 --> 00:40:56,350 I had been in prison getting close to three years, and I had come to terms 518 00:40:56,350 --> 00:40:57,350 my prison sentence. 519 00:40:58,950 --> 00:41:02,750 I remember one night I was reading, and all of a sudden my light bulb went off. 520 00:41:05,850 --> 00:41:07,810 And I looked at it and I thought, oh no. 521 00:41:08,530 --> 00:41:09,830 You bring me a bulb? 522 00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:15,530 It was not a banded bulb, it was an Edison bulb. 523 00:41:15,810 --> 00:41:18,430 Hey, you give me the wrong bulb. 524 00:41:18,670 --> 00:41:20,810 You give me a banded screw, I need a screw. 525 00:41:21,230 --> 00:41:25,810 Now, I'm really pissed off because I can't finish my book. The question was, 526 00:41:25,810 --> 00:41:28,270 can't that light fitting take any type of bulb? 527 00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:31,430 I'm getting furious. 528 00:41:32,730 --> 00:41:35,230 Design it. That's all I know. Design it. 529 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:38,490 Make a light bulb so that they can take both bulbs. 530 00:41:40,610 --> 00:41:43,970 I then spent every night designing my invention. 531 00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:47,470 Every single night. 532 00:41:48,190 --> 00:41:49,230 It kept me going. 533 00:41:53,930 --> 00:41:54,930 For seven years. 534 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:08,070 It was March 2014. 535 00:42:13,070 --> 00:42:15,010 You're going home tomorrow. 536 00:42:16,190 --> 00:42:19,890 I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm going to Cape Town tomorrow. I'm going. 537 00:42:20,290 --> 00:42:21,290 I'm going home. 538 00:42:25,870 --> 00:42:30,550 I've given back to society in the way that should be given back by every 539 00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:31,550 prisoner. 540 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:38,550 I've proved that even in the worst situation, there's some good out of it. 541 00:42:50,650 --> 00:42:53,570 When I arrived in Cape Town, Harold was there to meet me. 542 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,740 He said to me, why don't I come stay with him? 543 00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,880 So I moved in with him and I've been there since. 544 00:43:03,740 --> 00:43:09,600 The only way that I could prove to society that I'd been a model prisoner 545 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:10,600 invention. 546 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:15,440 This is the light bulb socket and this is the Edison. 547 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:17,900 Now unscrew it. 548 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,200 This is the bayonet. 549 00:43:19,780 --> 00:43:21,520 You can see that the contacts are different. 550 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,040 That's the bayonet. 551 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,380 This is the down light. 552 00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:33,000 And this will change the lighting industry. 553 00:43:33,820 --> 00:43:36,140 I have been looking forward to this moment for eight years. 554 00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:37,720 This is my light bulb socket. 555 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:43,500 Right now, as I'm sitting in this seat, David Hart feels satisfied. 556 00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:44,820 I feel content. 557 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,460 The old David Hart is not around anymore. 558 00:43:49,420 --> 00:43:52,880 And when you're at peace with yourself, you're at peace with the world. And I am 559 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,380 at peace with myself at the moment.