17 h. ago Dubai jailed Brit Mia O'Brien gives heartbreaking take on prison hell

University student Mia O'Brien was handed a life sentence in Dubai after she was caught with cocaine in October, according to her devastated mum

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19 h. ago Inside Brit student's 'living hell' after life sentence in Dubai prison

A breakdown on everything we know so far about the British student, including her heartbroken mum's statement

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20 h. ago Inside Mia O'Brien's Dubai prison 'living hell' as student pays ultimate price

Mia O'Brien, was allegedly caught with 50 grams of the Class A drugs in the Middle East paradise in October, he mum has claimed.

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21 h. ago BREAKING Mum of Mia O’Brien launches fresh bid to free daughter from 'hellhole' Dubai prison

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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21 h. ago Mia O’Brien's mum launches fresh bid to free daughter from 'hellhole' Dubai prison

Mia O'Brien, 23, was handed a 25-year sentence after being found with 50g of cocaine in Dubai and is thought to be serving her time in a hellhole prison, sharing a cell with up to six other inmates

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31 h. ago Inside Dubai's 'Alcatraz' where Mia O'Brien will spend her life: Former British inmates who endured confinement in notorious Al

A British woman is being held in a Dubai prison dubbed 'the Middle East's Alcatraz' that is run by Russian gangsters after she was caught with 50g of cocaine. 

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33 h. ago Brit student Mia O'Brien facing life in Dubai's 'Alcatraz' prison accused of torture

Mia O'Brien, 23, was handed a whole life sentence after being caught with 50 grams of the Class A drug in October, valued at around £2,500.

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34 h. ago Mia O'Brien's 'living nightmare in Dubai’s Alcatraz' as Brit 'has destroyed her life'

Mia O'Brien, 23, from Merseyside, was sentenced to life in prison in Dubai after being caught with 50 grams of the Class A drugs in the Middle East in October, her mum has said

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34 h. ago Brit Mia O'Brien's Dubai prison hell future revealed in jail accused of torture

Mia O'Brien, a British university sudent slapped with a whole life sentence in Dubai, is reported to be inside a hellhole prison alleged to have previously carried out torture

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39 h. ago British law student was jailed in Dubai for 25 years after being caught with 50 grams of cocaine

Mia O'Brien, 23, of Huyton, Merseyside, pleaded not guilty to drug offences in court but was convicted by a judge after just a day-long hearing on July 25.

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42 h. ago Mum of British law student jailed for life in Dubai makes damning three

Mia O'Brien, 23, has been banged up in Dubai's central prison after her mum admits she made a "very stupid mistake".

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42 h. ago Inside Dubai's 'Alcatraz' jail where Brit law student faces life sentence

Liverpool native Mia O'Brien, 23, is believed to be being held in the notorious Al-Awir prison in central Dubai, which has faced horror accusations of abuse and the torture of inmates

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44 h. ago Glam Brit law student in peril as GoFundMe to escape Dubai prison removed

Mia O'Brien is being held in a Dubai prison, having been handed a life sentence for an undisclosed crime, and a GoFundMe set up by her family has now been removed for violating guidelines

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45 h. ago Dubai jailed Brit's mum in damning three word take over daughter's imprisonment

Mia O'Brien, 23, from Liverpool, is being held in Dubai's central prison with her desperate mum saying that the law student "has never done a bad thing in her life"

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59 h. ago Mum's desperate plea after daughter, 23, is 'jailed for life' over 'stupid mistake' in Dubai

Mia O'Brien, 23, is being held in Dubai's central prison after she 'got mixed up' with 'so-called friends', her mum Danielle McKenna says, and has been given a life sentence

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65 h. ago Brit law student handed life sentence in Dubai after ‘stupid mistake’

Mia O’Brien is locked up in Dubai’s notorious central prison as her devastated mum begs for help to cover legal bills and travel costs.

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67 h. ago Brit student, 23, jailed for LIFE after making 'a very stupid mistake' in Dubai

Law student Mia O'Brien, 23, is in Dubai's central prison after she "got mixed up with the wrong so-called friends" and made a "very stupid mistake" in the hardline Emirate

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