At a glance
- Bella May Culley, a 19-year-old pregnant Briton, has returned to the UK after spending five months in a Georgian prison for attempting to smuggle 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish into the country.
- She was found guilty but freed after being sentenced to time served, with prosecutors citing her age, pregnancy, and confession; her family reportedly paid £137,000 as part of a plea deal.
- Culley claimed she had been tortured by gangsters in Thailand and forced to carry the drugs, with her lawyer saying she showed visible signs of abuse when detained.
