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Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley arrives back in UK after being freed from Georgia prison

Pregnant teenager Bella May Culley, 19, touched down in the country this evening after prison release

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

How British teenager Bella Culley’s dream holiday to Thailand turned into a prison nightmare in Georgia

Bella Culley has now been released from jail after six months, Alex Croft writes. But how did a 19-year-old Briton end up there in the first place?

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Pregnant British teen finally transferred from Georgia jail where she was forced to ‘toast bread with candle’

Bella Culley - who is being held over drug smuggling charges - is due to give birth before Christmas

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

Pregnant British teen may get two years in Georgia prison in drug smuggling plea deal

The family of Bella May Culley, 19, paid more than €157,000 in a plea deal that could result in a two-year prison sentence in the former Soviet republic.

Euronews · Oct 28, 2025

British teen on Georgia drug charges could give birth in prison after plea bargain

Family of Bella Culley, 19, paid £138,000 in deal that could result in a two-year sentence in former Soviet republic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

British teenager Bella Culley to be held in Georgia until September drugs trial

Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer’s offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at hearing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025

Everything we know about the British teen who went missing in Thailand before being arrested in Georgia

It is understood Bella could be sent to Georgia’s only female prison, the controversial Prison No. 5

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

British teenager Bella Culley held in Georgia on drug charges

Eighteen-year-old great-granddaughter of late Labour MP Frank Cook faces potential life sentence if found guilty

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025

British teenager reported missing in Thailand found detained in Georgia on drug smuggling charges

Bella May Culley, 18, from Billingham, Co Durham, was filmed by local media walking into a court in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in handcuffs

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025