{"id":2434,"date":"2018-11-13T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2018-11-13T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:42:07","slug":"laura-plummer-latest-british-woman-jailed-in-egypt-over-painkillers-set-to-be-freed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/11\/13\/laura-plummer-latest-british-woman-jailed-in-egypt-over-painkillers-set-to-be-freed\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Plummer latest: British woman jailed in Egypt over painkillers set to be freed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British woman who was\u00a0jailed in\u00a0Egypt<\/a>\u00a0on drug-smuggling charges is reportedly preparing to be freed within the next two days.<\/p>\n

Laura Plummer,<\/a>\u00a033, from Hull, was sentenced to three years in prison in December\u00a0for taking 290 Tramadol tablets into the country in her suitcase.<\/p>\n

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But\u00a0her family understand she will not have to serve\u00a0rest of her sentence, after she was pardoned by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,\u00a0The Sun<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

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The President, who is able to issue pardons to prisoners, is reportedly expected to announce her release on Saturday.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ms Plummer’s sister,\u00a0Jayne Synclair, told the newspaper: “We can’t believe it’s over. We’ve prayed for this day since she was arrested.<\/p>\n

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“We just want to get her home.”<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old\u00a0is reported to have told her family: “I never thought this day would come. I’d given up hope.”<\/p>\n