A Pembroke man, currently imprisoned in the Caribbean country of Haiti, fears he made be killed before his trial, his partner has warned.

Jade Laville, fears for the safety of Victor ‘Vic’ Barrie Rees, who she says has been arrested and imprisoned in Haiti, despite not been charged with committing any crime.

A Change.org online petition, set up by Jade, is calling for the British Embassy to return Vic, a crane driver and former doorman at Pembroke’s Paddles nightclub, home safe and sound.

The petition, at www.change.org/p/british-embassy-get-victor-rees-home-safe-and-sound has attracted more than 1,500 signatures to date.

Vic has been working as a crane driver in Haiti for the past 12 months.

On her petition, Jade wrote: “My partner Vic was arrested on Saturday May 21, 2016. The reason for his arrest was because a judge and the police turned up on site, where Vic works.

“The judge ordered for everyone to turn all machines off. Vic couldn’t, for safety reasons, turn his crane off immediately.

“As a crane operator, Vic knows, he’s got to make the crane safe, before turning it off and exiting it. So, this is exactly what he did. Made his crane safe.

“On Saturday May 21, Vic was arrested on site and was taken to a prison.

“A doctor assessed him, as he was struggling to breathe properly and was fairly weak. Vic was then taken to a hospital, where he had x-rays done, and found he had pneumonia. Vic then had to remain at the hospital, under arrest. Whilst at the hospital, he had to stay in a room with no windows, so no possibility of escape and lots of armed police around him at all times.

“This is where Vic remained until Monday May 23.

“Monday 23rd May: Vic had court. Vic was taken to court by police and two of his colleagues. Vic was supposed to have been released on bail.”

From court Vic was supposed to go back to the hospital, as he was still being treated for pneumonia, but was transferred to a prison instead.

“Vic’s colleagues and Vic himself were told he would go to the infirmary part of the prison, but this never happened. Vic was handed over into the general population part of the prison.

“This prison had 4,544 inmates. Vic was the only white guy.

“He had to fight for his life, the whole time he was in there, day and night. Vic would have to shower out in the yard. The yard was gravel and dust, no tarmac, he had to strip naked to shower in front of the Haitians.

“This was a horrendous time for Vic, everyone would watch him. Everywhere Vic went within the prison, all eyes would be on him.”

“Wednesday May 25: Vic had court again. He was told he could be expecting six-12 months sentence.

“If Vic receives this sentence, he will die in the prison.”

The date of Vic’s court appearance has not yet been confirmed.

Jade said she had contacted the British Embassy several times, but had yet to make contact with Vic through them.

Jade finished: “We need to stop this. A British citizen locked up in a foreign prison for no reason as no crime was committed. This is unreasonable. This is kidnap and false imprisonment.”

Mr Rees' MP, Simon Hart told the Western Telegraph: "I will be getting in touch with Hugo Swire MP (the Foreign and Commonwealth Minister with responsibility for this part of the world) this afternoon and we will try  to contact the British Honarary Consul in Haiti when it opens today as there is a six hour time difference.

"I will try to find out what the situation is and ask the Foreign Office to do all they can to help Mr Rees."