5 h. ago Nightmare neighbour, serial lifer and drug mules amongst those locked up this week in Greater Manchester

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the cases before our regions courts this week

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28 h. ago Man charged over 'sexual assault' of teen in woods near Scots high school

Cops locked down the area after the incident was reported earlier this week.

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3 d. ago Pupils moan that their school is 'like a prison' and compared it to Squid Game after new rule was brought in to make sure they get to next lesson on time

Pupils returned to Cowes Enterprise College last week to find toilets now locked during lesson time, flavoured drinks banned and a 'drill sergeant' forcing pupils to stand outside in the rain.

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5 d. ago British 'drug mule's cryptic reason' for Dubai trip before being locked up in hellhole jail

Mystery still surrounds a British law student’s reasons for travelling to Dubai despite her being jailed for life for allegedly being found with around £2,500 of Class A drugs

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9 d. ago Bella Culley’s lawyer blasts UK embassy for abandoning pregnant teen 'drug mule'

Bella Culley's ‘dissatisfied’ lawyer Malkhaz Salakaia has pointed the finger at the embassy by accusing it of not doing enough to help his client, who is five months pregnant

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1 week ago Family of Bella Culley face desperate bid to raise '£100,000' to buy the British teen's freedom with the 'drug mule' back in court in a month's time

The family has found themselves in a never-ending nightmare after Bella was caught landing in Georgia with £200,000 worth of cannabis in her luggage in May.

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1 week ago Distraught mother is seen visiting 'drug mule' Bella Culley in Georgian prison for agonising talks as huge sum of cash the family may need to buy her freedom is revealed

Lyanne Kennedy, 44, was seen with tears in her eyes after spending over two hours with her 19-year-old in Women's Penitentiary Number Five.

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1 week ago Pregnant British teen 'drug mule' facing life in Georgia prison set for release if 'substantial' fine paid

Bella May Culley, 19, is accused of carrying £200,000 worth of narcotics into the ex-Soviet country

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1 week ago All Brit 'drug mules' in foreign jails as pregnant teen Bella Culley may soon be free

As pregnant teenager Bella Culley appears in court in Georgia accused of drug smuggling, we share a list of Brits accused of similar crimes currently held in prisons abroad

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1 week ago Brit drug mule Bella Culley can walk free if she pays fine but family 'struggling'

The 19-year-old's disappearance sparked a global manhunt back in May before she turned up in Tbilisi Airport in Georgia and was found to be in possession of a vast quantity of drugs

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1 week ago Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley is told she can walk FREE from prison in Georgia if she pays a fine

The 19-year-old could be out in weeks in a dramatic change of fortune as her lawyers are on the verge of a plea bargain breakthrough.

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1 week ago Bella May Culley: Everything we know as Brit in Georgia 'drug mule' hell faces court

Teesside teenager Bella May Culley, 19, faces 20 years to life imprisonment should she be convicted of smuggling large amounts of marijuana and hashish into Georgia

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2 w. ago British 'drug mule' who faced 60 years in prison over £15m cocaine haul 'could be freed'

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine and has been mulling over a plea deal in the US which means she will serve a fraction of the maximum term.

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2 w. ago Brit 'drug mule' faced 60 years over £15m cocaine haul but 'could be home in year'

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, was stopped at Chicago's O'Hare airport after two suitcases were allegedly found packed with 43kg of the class A drug cocaine

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2 w. ago Brit 'drug mule' faced 60 years over £15m cocaine haul, but now 'could be home in year'

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine and has been mulling over a plea deal in the US which means she will serve a fraction of the maximum term

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3 w. ago Moment police collar drug mule using hidden cocaine compartment in his motorbike

Victor Pereria Da Luz, 26, was pulled over in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in June after he was spotted driving erratically.

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3 w. ago Drug mule dubbed 'Blonde Devil' executed in cold blood after switching gangs

Notorious drug trafficker Eweline Passos Rodrigues, known as the "Blonde Devil", was shot dead and her body dumped in the street after reportedly defecting to a rival gang

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4 w. ago Notorious gangster Jamie Rothwell among the criminals to be locked up this week

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on those locked up this week in our region

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