4 h. ago 'Drug smuggling' Brit teen sobs in court claiming she was ‘tortured and forced’

Bella Culley told the court: "All I wanted to do was to travel and this happened to me. I’m clean - I had nothing in my blood test. I wanted to make my family proud."

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4 h. ago Brit teen 'drug mule' Bella Culley sobs in court saying she was 'forced by torture'

Bella May Culley, 19, from Teeside, has been held in Georgia since May and could face life behind bars after being accused of smuggling cannabis into the ex-Soviet state

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5 h. ago Bella Culley: Brit teen 'drug mule' cries in court saying she was ‘forced by torture’

In an emotional court appearance in Georgia, the 19-year-old said: ‘I didn’t want to do this. I was forced by torture. I just wanted to travel. I study at the university to become a nurse.’

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45 h. ago Turkey fires LIVE: Flights at major tourist airport halted amid mass evacuations

Adnan Menderes Airport grounded take-offs and landings this evening as a major wildfire broke out and began spreading in the Izmir area, a popular tourist hotspot in Turkey

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5 d. ago Cocaine kingpin who made £2.5m a month and plotted murder of rival from his luxury Dubai villa is jailed for 32 years after being brought down by his own EncroChats

Dubai-based James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast £100million criminal empire.

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2 w. ago Is THIS the world's most stubborn homeowner? Man refuses to leave home as developer demolishes neighbours' houses... and builds 10 storey pyramid instead

Most of Chen Tianming's village was razed in 2018 to build a lucrative tourist resort but the 42-year-old refused to leave - instead began building his own 10-storey tower.

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3 w. ago British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over sex with girl, 17, pleads for clemency

The 19-year-old has written to the UAE government asking to be released

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3 w. ago Brit teen jailed in Dubai for sex with fellow UK tourist begs ruling Sheikh for pardon after 'most traumatic and life

A British teenager who was jailed in Dubai over a consensual relationship during a family holiday has begged for mercy from the emirate's leader. 

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3 w. ago UK teen jailed in Dubai for holiday romance pleads with Sheikh to let him go

Marcus. who was on holiday with his family, had a fling with a 17-year-old girl from the UK - and has been jailed

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3 w. ago UK teen jailed in Dubai for holiday romance asks Sheikh to set him free

Marcus. who was on holiday with his family, had a fling with a 17-year-old girl from the UK - and has been jailed

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