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British teen Bella Coolie has returned to Britain after being released from prison in Georgia.Where he was kept on charges of drug smuggling for almost half a year.
19 year old, from billingham Was filmed in Teesside, passing through Luton Airport BBC After the flight took off around 7 pm on Tuesday evening, she was sitting holding her mother’s hand.
His lawyer said this on Monday Prosecutors had made changes to his plea and decided to free him Due to her age and pregnancy.
his family recently Paid £137,000 to reduce his sentence Ms. Cooley initially faced up to 20 years in prison in Georgia.
Ms Cooley was arrested in May after being accused of smuggling 12 kilograms of marijuana and 2 kilograms of hashish into the country in her luggage.
He initially pleaded not guilty to illegal possession and trafficking drugs at a hearing in July, And said they were tortured by a gang leading to their transportation.
Ms Kuli told the Tbilisi court: “I didn’t want to do it. I was tortured and forced to do it. I just wanted to travel. I’m a good person. I’m a university student. I’m a clean person. I don’t do drugs.”
Her lawyer told the court in a pre-trial hearing that she was threatened with being branded with a hot iron for traveling with a suitcase full of drugs. The girl stood in front of the judge in the courtroom and showed her injured right wrist.
She was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in jail, time she had already spent in custody.
The prosecutor of the case, Vakhtang Tsalughelashvili, told associated Press Georgian prosecutors had considered a two-year sentence, but ultimately “decided to consider” time already served.
“We are very grateful that they took into account Bella’s situation and financial situation,” Porter’s lawyer Malkhaz Salakia told reporters.
Ms Cooley and her mother cried as the verdict was read. The teen was informed shortly before the session.
She was transferred to the mother and baby unit over the weekend before being released.
While in prison, she said she was forced to boil pasta in a kettle to eat and dig a hole in the ground to use the toilet.
Ms Cooley is 35 weeks pregnant and is thought to have become pregnant while traveling in South East Asia.
He was reported missing in Thailand and was arrested soon after arriving in Georgia.