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01/04/2016
Michaella McCollum Released From Prison - Reports
A drugs mule from Northern Ireland has reportedly been released from prison in Peru.
Michaella McCollum from Co Tyrone and Melissa Reid from Scotland were attempting to board a plane with 24lbs of cocaine stashed inside food packets in their luggage when they were stopped and arrested in Lima.
RTE reports that Miss McCollum "is being freed under new legislation which allows for the release of foreign inmates who have served a third of their sentence".
She is expected to attend a court hearing to decide whether she can return home immediately or has to stay in Peru.
(CD)
Michaella McCollum from Co Tyrone and Melissa Reid from Scotland were attempting to board a plane with 24lbs of cocaine stashed inside food packets in their luggage when they were stopped and arrested in Lima.
RTE reports that Miss McCollum "is being freed under new legislation which allows for the release of foreign inmates who have served a third of their sentence".
She is expected to attend a court hearing to decide whether she can return home immediately or has to stay in Peru.
(CD)
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