Article 712HG British teen on Georgia drug charges could give birth in prison after plea bargain

British teen on Georgia drug charges could give birth in prison after plea bargain

by
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#712HG)

Family of Bella Culley, 19, paid 138,000 in deal that could result in a two-year sentence in former Soviet republic

The family of a pregnant British teenager being held on drug smuggling charges in Georgia have paid 138,000 in a plea bargain deal that could result in a two-year jail sentence.

It may mean that Bella Culley, a 19-year-old student nurse from Billingham, Teesside, will give birth while imprisoned in the former Soviet republic.

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