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"   British drug mules Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid were sentenced yesterday to six years and eight months in jail. Michaella, 21, from County Tyrone, and Melissa, 20, from Glasgow, were caught at Lima airport in August trying to smuggle \u00A31.5million of cocaine from Lima, Peru into Spain. They had spent the summer working in Ibiza when, they claim, they were forced to transport the drugs by a South American cartel. They faced up to 15 years in prison but thanks to a deal they struck with the prosecutor, they have been handed the minimum sentence in exchange for admitting their guilt. They also have to pay \u00A32,200 each in compensation. The possibility of serving their sentence in the UK was left open too, as they were told to discuss the matter with their lawyer. Currently, they are sharing a cell with 40 other women at the notorious Virgen de Fatima jail. Talking about their return to the UK, their lawyer Meyer Fishman said, &amp;quot;Both the British and Peruvian governments take a long time to approve these sorts of requests, although I wouldn&amp;#039;t expect it to take the six years and eight months the women have been sentenced to.&amp;quot; CAROLINE CRIADO-PEREZ TWITTER TROLLS CHARGED KETAMINE TO BE RECLASSIFIED NEW DELHI BUS RAPE: ONE YEAR LATER "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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