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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">London, June 10&nbsp;(IANS) Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis, who was jailed for drug smuggling and released on Tuesday, said he made choices which were wrong and felt sorry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Lewis, who was born in Guyana but played 32 Tests and 53 One-Day Internationals (ODI) for England, was sentenced to 13 years in May 2009 for smuggling liquid cocaine, valued at more than $214,456, into Britain, hidden in fruit juice tins in his cricket bag. Lewis was stopped at Gatwick airport on December 8, 2008, while returning from St. Lucia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In an interview with the Professional Cricketers&rsquo; Association (PCA) after his release, he admitted money concerns had led him to commit the crime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I made choices. They were the wrong choices and I say sorry for them. I&rsquo;ve had six years in jail and until recently I would still look around and think &lsquo;wow you&rsquo;re in jail&rsquo;. That was not part of the plan. I never saw that coming,&rdquo; Lewis said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Lewis is committed to help PCA educate players into not making the mistakes that led him to being jailed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s actually nice to be back and by back I don&rsquo;t mean being outside I mean back by being me. You would think that perhaps I would be apprehensive. I am excited. Keep cricket fun. You learn more when you are having fun, you play better when you are having fun. The stuff that may take away your smile just isn&rsquo;t as important as it seems now,&rdquo; the 47-year-old said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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