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| Egypt drugs case: Briton's court hearing postponed | |
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| A British woman held in Egypt on drug smuggling charges has had her court hearing postponed until Sunday. | |
| Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested last month accused of entering the country with 300 Tramadol tablets, a painkiller legal in the UK but not in Egypt. | Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested last month accused of entering the country with 300 Tramadol tablets, a painkiller legal in the UK but not in Egypt. |
| At the hearing - which had been planned for Saturday - the judge could extend her detention or free her on bail. | |
| The shop assistant from Hull said she had "no idea" the painkillers she was carrying were banned in the country. | The shop assistant from Hull said she had "no idea" the painkillers she was carrying were banned in the country. |
| But local police said that ignorance of the law is no excuse. | But local police said that ignorance of the law is no excuse. |
| The Briton will appear in a court in the Red Sea beach resort of Hurghada. | |
| A lawyer for Ms Plummer has told the BBC that her Egyptian boyfriend has come forward with documents, including medical records, which should help her case. | |
| Back problems | Back problems |
| Ms Plummer's family hope the judge at her custody hearing will believe she made an innocent mistake, since drug smuggling can be punishable by death in Egypt. | Ms Plummer's family hope the judge at her custody hearing will believe she made an innocent mistake, since drug smuggling can be punishable by death in Egypt. |
| Tramadol is legal in the UK with a prescription but banned in Egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. | Tramadol is legal in the UK with a prescription but banned in Egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. |
| In a phone call from her cell, Ms Plummer told the BBC she was given the tablets by a colleague for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who has "back problems". | In a phone call from her cell, Ms Plummer told the BBC she was given the tablets by a colleague for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who has "back problems". |
| She said the colleague put them in a chemist's bag, which she put in her suitcase. | She said the colleague put them in a chemist's bag, which she put in her suitcase. |
| "I didn't even look in bag," she said. "I can't tell you how stupid I feel." | "I didn't even look in bag," she said. "I can't tell you how stupid I feel." |
| Ms Plummer told the BBC her cell in a police station was the size of her bedroom in the UK, but she was having to share it with 25 other women. | Ms Plummer told the BBC her cell in a police station was the size of her bedroom in the UK, but she was having to share it with 25 other women. |
| She added her shared cell was claustrophobic, that it was sometimes hard to breathe and that although her fellow prisoners were trying to look after her, none of them spoke English. | She added her shared cell was claustrophobic, that it was sometimes hard to breathe and that although her fellow prisoners were trying to look after her, none of them spoke English. |