4 h. ago Freed Bella Culley faces race against time as heavily pregnant teen rushes home to UK

Brit teen Bella Culley is hoping to give birth in the UK in the coming weeks surrounded by loved-ones - but has been told she may need special permission to make the trip

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7 h. ago Drugs mule Bella Culley's baby dad mystery and telling clues she left before prison hell

As British drug mule Bella May Culley is freed from prison, we look at all we know about her pregnancy - from her prison conditions to hidden clues about a romantic relationship

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8 h. ago Prosecutor reveals why pregnant British teenager was freed from Georgia prison early

Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May

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11 h. ago Pregnant British teen arrested for drug smuggling in Georgia released after guilty verdict

A pregnant British teen arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges has been released from prison on Monday

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11 h. ago Bella Culley walks free: Pregnant teen accused of drug smuggling is released from Georgia prison

Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, looked overwhelmed as she was released from custody on Monday

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12 h. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley speaks for first time after being freed from Georgia prison

Bella Culley, a pregnant British teenager who was held in Georgia over drug smuggling charges, has spoken out for the first time after being freed from prison.

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12 h. ago Pregnant UK teenager Bella May Culley freed from Georgian jail

Culley, 19, who was arrested on drug-smuggling charges in May, is released after plea dealThe pregnant British teenager Bella Culley has been released from a Georgian prison, where she had been held for six months on drug-smuggling charges after a plea deal.Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12kg (26.5lbs) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lbs) of hashish into the country. She was found guilty by a Georgian court on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in prison, the total time she had already spent in custody. Her family also paid a 500,000 lari (about £137,000) fine as part of a plea deal. Culley and her mother, Lyanne Kennedy, both cried as the verdict was read out. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley to be freed from Georgia prison

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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13 h. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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13 h. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison after ‘drugs mule’ ordeal

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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13 h. ago Brit drug mule Bella Culley 'freed' from hellhole prison as she avoids giving birth behind bars

Bella Culley, 19, was expected to be sentenced to jail time in Georgia after admitting to smuggling drugs into the country earlier this year but now it has emerged that she will be freed

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14 h. ago Watch live: Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley to be sentenced as Georgia court delivers verdict

Watch live outside a Georgian court as the verdict for pregnant British teenager Bella Culley, who is accused of drug smuggling, is delivered in Tbilisi on Monday (3 November).

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27 h. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley gets 'proper toilet' after Georgia prison move

Bella May Culley's mother, Lyanne Kennedy, said the 19-year-old has been transferred to a prison with a mother and baby unit as the family keeps calling for her to return home

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30 h. ago Pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling in Georgia moved to special prison unit

The 19-year-old, who is reportedly due to give birth in December, will be formally sentenced next week

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31 h. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley, 19, 'toasted bread using candle' in Georgia prison

Bella Culley has been 'toasting bread over a candle flame and showering communally twice a week' while pregnant in a Georgia prison

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35 h. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley 'toasts bread using candle' in Georgia prison

Bella Culley has been 'toasting bread over a candle flame and showering communally twice a week' while pregnant in a Georgia prison, where she was held after being accused of drug smuggling

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6 d. ago Jailed 'drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed before giving birth despite plea deal

Student nurse Bella Culley was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage

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6 d. ago Pregnant 'drugs mule' Bella Culley will have her baby behind bars after agreeing two

The Teesside teenager's parents were given three weeks to find £215,000 to secure her freedom at the start of this month.

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3 w. ago BREAKING: 'Drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed from jail as plea deal being 'finalised'

The British 19-year-old, who is about six months pregnant, is behind bars after allegedly taking drugs into the former Soviet state of Georgia earlier this year

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3 w. ago Bella Culley's distraught family are given three weeks to raise £215,000 to free the pregnant 'drug mule' from prison in Georgia

The Teesside teenager is expected to give birth by Christmas and had hoped to walk free today but authorities said the vast sum has still not been handed over to local authorities.

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