Scottish influencer Ellie Crampsie has been spotted at a popular music festival just four months after being handed a 16-month sentence for cannabis smuggling
A drug-smuggling influencer caught sneaking £150,000 of cannabis into the UK was spotted partying at a festival just four months into her prison sentence. Ellie Crampsie, 23, of Broomhouse, Glasgow, was jailed for 16 months in April after Border Force found over 17kg of Class B drugs in her luggage at Edinburgh Airport last April following a holiday in Thailand.
The brand promoter admitted to being concerned in the supply of drugs case at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in March, though she claimed an ex-boyfriend forced her into carrying the haul -a defence accepted by the sheriff, who noted she was “naive and potentially taken advantage of”.
However, only four months after being locked up, the beauty business owner was pictured enjoying the Colourfest dance festival at Glasgow’s Braehead waterfront on August 15 and 16
She posted photos of her at the festival on her Instagram account. It is the first new post on her account since her sentencing back in April. Crampsie has also posted 25 videos on TikTok since August 9.
It is understood that she remains in the care of the Scottish Prison Service and has been released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and is therefore required to wear a tag, reports the Daily Record.
The usual curfew is between 7.30pm and 7.30am and it requires people on HDC to stay at an approved address during these times and comply fully with set licence conditions.
At her sentencing hearing, Sheriff Graeme Watson said: “You have pled guilty to by way of a section 76 of being concerned in the supply of cannabis, a Class B drug.
“You were stopped by border control officers with a suitcase containing over 17 kilograms of cannabis in vacuum sealed packages with a street value of up to £151,000.
“I have carefully considered the criminal justice social work report and the plea of mitigation on your behalf. I accept the submission on your behalf that there was a lesser degree of culpability.”
He added: “You knew your former partner had been involved in drugs and he asked you to check in his luggage that also contained female clothes.
“Your role was one of carrying the cannabis in your luggage and I accept there was a power imbalance in the relationship.”
The sheriff added Crampsie’s conduct in carrying the drugs was “reckless” but accepted she had been “naive and potentially taken advantage of”.
Sheriff Watson said he had no option but to impose a custodial sentence and jailed Crampsie for 16 months.
Previously the court was told Crampsie had flown on an Air France flight from Thailand to the Scottish capital via Paris and was stopped by Border Force officers on April 16 last year.
Fiscal depute Emma Laing said: “She was asked the usual questions by the officer and she confirmed she had traveled from Thailand. Her luggage was opened and a number of vacuum packages were within.”
The court was told airport officials discovered 17 separate sealed packages containing 17.7kg of cannabis with a total value estimated at between £115,000 and £151,000.
Crampsie pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug, namely cannabis, to another or others at Edinburgh Airport on April 16 last year.
A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson said: “We do not comment on individuals. We only release those in our care on a Home Detention Curfew after a careful and considered assessment of risk and with appropriate monitoring and restrictions in place.”