Family of Peru drug smuggler insist she is innocent
Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid, who pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Peru in September, have both been jailed for six years and eight months
Women in Peru admitted £1.5m cocaine smuggling bid
At an earlier hearing, Melissa Reid, from Scotland, and Irish-born Michaella McCollum pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle £1.5 million worth of cocaine out of Peru.
Today they were told by a Peruvian court they will both serve six years and eight months in jail.
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