A British woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in Egypt after mistakenly confessing to smuggling drugs. Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested at Hurghada airport in October carrying 290 Tramadol tablets in her suitcase for her Egyptian husband whom she said suffered from back problems. The strong opioid painkiller is available on prescription in the UK but is illegal in Egypt, where it is often abused as a recreational drug. The hearing lasted half a day and the judge at Safaga Criminal Court in the Red Sea resort deliberated for an hour before returning his verdict. British holidaymaker Laura Plummer, 33 The 33-year-old shop assistant sobbed as police guards led her in handcuffs back to her cell on Tuesday. “I just can’t believe it, she couldn’t do three months, now it’s three years,” Roberta Sinclair, Ms Plummer’s mother, told the Telegraph. “I’m in shock, I’m really in shock,” she added. “She (Ms Plummer) can’t believe it either. She said 'mum, there must be a ...
