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| Peru drugs mule Melissa Reid 'to be released' from prison | |
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| Briton Melissa Reid, who was jailed for trying to smuggle drugs from Peru, is to be released from prison, authorities in the country have said. | |
| The 22-year-old, from Lenzie, near Glasgow, and Michaella McCollum, from Co Tyrone, were jailed in 2013 for attempting to smuggle cocaine to Spain. | |
| Peruvian authorities said, following a court hearing on Friday, they had agreed to expel her from the country. | |
| Reid has served about a third of her sentence of six years and eight months. | |
| Authorities in Peru said because Reid had also complied with other measures she had met legal requirements to be released. | |
| McCollum, 23, was freed last month after serving two years and three months in prison. | |
| However, it is anticipated she will have to remain in Peru for a considerable period as part of her parole conditions. | |
| Last month the UK's Foreign Office said a judge in Peru would rule whether Reid should be expelled from the country "in the next few days". | |
| A hearing in Lima also considered whether she should be transferred to a Scottish prison. | |
| 'Moment of madness' | |
| McCollum and Reid were caught with an estimated £1.5m of cocaine at Lima airport on 6 August 2013 while attempting to board a flight to Madrid, in Spain. | |
| The pair were caught trying to board a flight with 24lb (11kg) of cocaine in food packets hidden inside their luggage. | |
| They had claimed they were forced into carrying the drugs, but pleaded guilty to charges later that year. | |
| McCollum and Reid faced the prospect of a maximum 15-year prison term but struck a behind-closed-doors plea bargain to secure a shorter sentence of six years and eight months. | |
| Following her release, McCollum told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ she had been "very naive, so young and very insecure". | |
| "A lot of times I didn't know how to say no to somebody," she said. | |
| "I kind of just followed along with it and I guess a part of me kind of wanted to be something I'm not. | |
| "But, simply, I made a decision in my moment of madness." |