Bella May Culley: Pregnant British teenager tells court she was ‘forced’ to smuggle drugs into Georgia
A British teenager, who is currently imprisoned in Georgia, told the drugs that were smuggled into the country that he was “torture ..
Teesside, 19 -year -old Bella Culley from Billingham, is detained by the police in the former Soviet Republic of the Republic of Soviet, accused of buying, having and making large amounts of narcotics, including marijuana. He claimed that he was not guilty of all charges.
Before the arrest of Tiflisi International Airport on May 10, he traveled in Asia in April and May, where the police seized 11 kg marijuana and about 400 g marijuana from a travel bag.
Ms. Culley rejected bail at the Tuesday before the hearing at Tbilisi City Court.
Malkhaz Salaka, representing Mrs. Culley, said that she was threatened with a warm iron to force her to travel with a suitcase full of drugs. BBC.
Ms. Culley stood in front of the judge in the courtroom and showed her wounded right wrist.
Speaking in court, the young, claimed that he was forced to trade drugs.
Im I didn’t want to do this. I had to do this through torture, ”he said. “I just wanted to travel. I am a good person. I am a student at university. I am a clean person. I am not doing drugs.”
Mr. Salaka said that he was not aware of what the young person is in his suitcase and that he was trying to inform the court to the customs officers in Thailand.
“He was instructed to fly to Georgia – he didn’t even know where Georgia was geographically found,” he added.
He also told the court that Mrs. Culley was 18 weeks pregnant.
Salaaka said that the young family was ready to pay 50,000 Georgian Lari for bail money to get him out of prison. His father, aunt and grandfather reportedly joined the courtroom.
Judge Lela Kalichenko rejected Mrs. Culley bail and detained him until the next court hearing on July 10th.
Young, after graduating from Middlesbrough College, he decided to go to Southeast Asia. His mother told meTeesside live His daughter flew to the Philippines with a friend after Easter and was there for three weeks.
Ms. Culley went to Thailand on May 3 and was reported to meet her friends on a previous journey that her mother did not know. Tbılısı disappeared in Thailand before re -emerged at the International Airport.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the young person was sentenced to imprisonment or life imprisonment of up to 20 years.
B GB, born in 2006, is accused of buying and storing a large amount of narcotics, buying and storing narcotic drugs illegally and importing it illegally to Georgia.
