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THE TWO WOMEN at the centre of drug trafficking allegations in Peru have been taken to court.
Peruvian police escorted Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, from Tyrone and Melissa Reid, 20, from Glasgow from the national police anti-drug headquarters earlier.
The pair will either be formally charged for drug trafficking or released. They were allegedly found with around 11kg of cocaine hidden in food packages as they tried to check into a flight bound for Madrid.
Connolly’s lawyer Peter Madden said the Tyrone woman would be protesting her innocence.
Here are the images of the women on their way to court:
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What puzzles me about this story is that these two ladies would have had several opportunities to approach police, immigration or security staff at the airports that they passed through to say they were being forced to travel against their will but failed to do so. Why was that exactly?
All I know is that no one knows what they would do in that situation unless they are actually in that situation.
Go shopping? ?
They both look scared now
I think they realise the gravity of trouble they are in now
I don’t think this is going to end well for the girls.
Everyday people in Ireland face a minimum sentence of 10 years for having 10k or more worth of drugs in their possession. They can be South African, Polish, Chinese, Peruvian, Irish Scottish etc. but there is no big deal made about it. Our system is just as harsh as Peru’s so why the fuss about this case?
Have either of them washed or changed clothes since being arrested. Michaela is still sporting that bun haircut my mum had in the 80′s
How about you keep your thoughts on her appearance to yourself in future. Her beauty, or lack thereof, is not relevant to this story in any way.
Give that guy a cookie !
A wake up call now for them.
Sad situation those young women are in.
Reminds me of Bananarama song
I feel sorry for the brother. He’s done nothing wrong, doesn’t deserve a camera shoved in his face and his image posted all over the media. I’m sure his employers are loving this. Journal is it necessary we know what he looks like? Is it really in the public interest?
I dont the journal are the only ones showing her image. This story is world wide so he is probably in a lot of papers
Oh I know that, it was just a ponderous question on media in general rather than an accusatory one at the journal. (Love you Journal! Mwah!)
If my brothers had done this and my face was all over the papers cos of it, I doubt my employer would keep me on, it doesn’t project a good image to clients.
Right back at you Amy.
I saw an article on tv concerning the prison they will be going to. It looked fine to me. Clean and a lot better than you would expect. The female inmates all looked clean and groomed. They even had manicures. Midnight express it ain’t.
‘…being taken to court…’, not ‘…been taken to court…’
Feel terrible for them
There is no excuse for drugs now ,the united states has drone technology and the intel now to completely erase the drug industry. They can execute with no due process in any country, The drugs industry is over if they choose to end it.
Where’s Peruvian?
Why is a story about an irish girl in the international section?
It’s in both sections.
A story about Egyptian irish in the irish section (fair enough) but a story about an irish girl in the international section.
According to the daily mail, both girls are British
Michaella has an Irish passport.
you stick with the mail.
Apparently she’s British
She’s from Northern Ireland therefore she’s British
The Good Friday Agreement would disagree with ya there Paul.
Not everyone from NI considers themselves British, especially when they hold Irish passports.
Who cares, she is what she says she is
She grew up in Monaghan, so you’re wrong there regardless.
If that’s correct then she’s irish
Because Peru isn’t in Ireland.
I’d say she cares, when you consider that Ireland d doesn’t even have a consulate in Peru anymore
Wallace you’re paid in sterling, you’re british.
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