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The Guardian | Tue 26 Dec 17 23.00 AEDT
A British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Egypt has been jailed for three years, her family has said.
Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested after she was found to be carrying 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase, a painkiller which is legal in the UK but which is banned in Egypt.
Plummer's family, who have described her as naive, said she was taking the tablets for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain.
According to a Facebook group set up by her family, she appeared in court in Egypt on Boxing Day and was jailed for three years. The family said her lawyers lodged an immediate appeal.
Plummer's sister Rachel said their mother was devastated by the sentence. She said the family were trying to find out more details about what happened in the courtroom on Tuesday.
She said: My mum's obviously devastated. She's out there by herself. She added that she did not know whether the appeal would be heard on Tuesday.
She said: We're just hoping. Even half of that would be better. Anything less than three years. She doesn't deserve that.
Plummer appeared in court on Christmas Day but the judge adjourned the case for a day because of her condition, her sister said.
Their mother, Roberta Sinclair, travelled to Egypt for the hearings. The family have previously said Plummer had no idea what she was doing was illegal and she was just daft
They said she did not try to hide the medicine, which she had been given by a friend, and she thought it was a joke when she was pulled over by officials after arriving for a holiday with her partner.
Sinclair said her daughter was being held in terrible conditions in a communal cell with no beds, sharing with up to 25 other women. Plummer is being held in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, where she was arrested at the airport on 9 October.
Her family had been told that she could face up to 25 years in jail, with one lawyer even mentioning the death penalty.
A British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Egypt has been jailed for three years, her family has said.
Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested after she was found to be carrying 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase, a painkiller which is legal in the UK but which is banned in Egypt.
Plummer's family, who have described her as naive, said she was taking the tablets for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain.
According to a Facebook group set up by her family, she appeared in court in Egypt on Boxing Day and was jailed for three years. The family said her lawyers lodged an immediate appeal.
Plummer's sister Rachel said their mother was devastated by the sentence. She said the family were trying to find out more details about what happened in the courtroom on Tuesday.
She said: My mum's obviously devastated. She's out there by herself. She added that she did not know whether the appeal would be heard on Tuesday.
She said: We're just hoping. Even half of that would be better. Anything less than three years. She doesn't deserve that.
Plummer appeared in court on Christmas Day but the judge adjourned the case for a day because of her condition, her sister said.
Their mother, Roberta Sinclair, travelled to Egypt for the hearings. The family have previously said Plummer had no idea what she was doing was illegal and she was just daft
They said she did not try to hide the medicine, which she had been given by a friend, and she thought it was a joke when she was pulled over by officials after arriving for a holiday with her partner.
Sinclair said her daughter was being held in terrible conditions in a communal cell with no beds, sharing with up to 25 other women. Plummer is being held in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, where she was arrested at the airport on 9 October.
Her family had been told that she could face up to 25 years in jail, with one lawyer even mentioning the death penalty.
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