3 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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5 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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6 h. ago Inside Mia O'Brien's 'living hell' as Brit student, 23, jailed for life in Dubai

As Mia O'Brien is handed a life sentence in Dubai, the Mirror takes a look at everything we know so far about the British student, including her heartbroken mum's statement

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6 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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11 h. ago Brit student Mia O'Brien in 'hellhole' Dubai jail was caught with 50g of cocaine

Mia O'Brien was arrested in the Middle East in October and 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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11 h. ago Brit student Mia O'Brien jailed for life in Dubai was caught with cocaine, says mum

Law student Mia O'Brien has been given a life sentence after being caught with 50 grams of cocaine in the Middle East in October, according to her mum

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14 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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16 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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35 h. ago British woman, 23, jailed for life in Dubai after making ‘very stupid mistake’

Mia O’Brien got ‘mixed up’ with the wrong crowd and ‘is now paying the price’, her mother claimed

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37 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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39 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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3 d. ago Drug dealing couple caught after police find texts of him complaining she only used him for cocaine

Grace Mort, 25, and boyfriend Jacob Kennedy, 20, were found with more than 50g of cocaine and almost 40 ecstasy tablets.

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4 d. ago Drug dealing couple found with £15,000 worth of class A drugs

Grace Mort, 25, and Jacob Kennedy, 20, were found in possession of more than 50g of cocaine and almost 40 ecstasy tablets

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2 w. ago Meredith Kercher’s family lawyer slams Amanda Knox over new Disney murder drama

Francesco Maresca, the lawyer for the family of Meredith Kercher, has expressed his disgust at a new eight-part show dramatising the Brit student's horrific 2007 murder

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