Pregnant drug mule Bella Culley has been pictured for the first time after arriving back home in the UK after her prison hell. Bella, 19, landed at Luton airport after her release from a hellhole jail on Monday, which she previously said had been a “huge surprise”.
She had jetted in from Georgian capital Tbilisi after a five-month ordeal following her arrest for smuggling £200,000 from Thailand.
The Teesside teen had faced spending up to 15 years in prison after admitting drug trafficking charges, but was dramatically released when prosecutors accepted a plea bargain agreement.
Her mum Lyanne Kennedy – who travelled home with her – told reporters at the airport: “Bella is still very overwhelmed. She hasn’t slept and getting home to her brother, my son, is our priority today.”
(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
The pair were seen arriving for an easyJet flight wheeling what appeared to be the same cream suitcase which Georgian airport cops found stuffed with 31lb of cannabis and hashish in May.
Her case matched one pictured after her arrest which was crammed with drugs in black vacuum-sealed packages. Bella’s baby bump was clearly visible as she arrived in a beige vest and matching flares.
Bella, who is reportedly due to give birth in December, had served six months behind bars in a hellhole jail after being detained in May. She previously told police gangsters in Thailand tortured her with a hot iron and forced to smuggle drugs via Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
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