The British backpacker jailed for stripping on a sacred Malaysian mountain has apologised for causing offence.
"I know my behaviour was foolish and I know how much offence we all caused to the local people of Sabah. For that, I am truly sorry," she said.
She said: "I just want to say how relieved and happy I am to finally be home.
A British woman convicted for stripping on a sacred Malaysian mountain is "pleased and happy" to be returning home to the UK, her lawyer said.
Backpacker Eleanor Hawkins, who pleaded guilty to a public nuisance offence, is due to be deported from Malaysia today.
At a court hearing in Kota Kinabalu she was fined 5,000 Malaysian ringgit (£859) and sentenced to three days in jail, which she has already served.
The 23-year-old's jail sentence officially ended at midnight, her lawyer said, and she was handed to immigration officers to arrange for her flight home via Kuala Lumpur.
Ronny Cham, who represented Miss Hawkins in court yesterday, said she was relieved to be returning home.
He told the Press Association: "She is pleased and happy."
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