Student 'jailed for 25 years' heading home

A 23-YEAR-OLD woman who was "jailed for life" in Dubai has been set free, her mum has said.

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Law student Mia O'Brien, from Huyton, was detained in Dubai's central prison in September after making what her mum described as a "very stupid mistake".

Mia O'Brien, from Huyton, was detained in Dubai's central prison after being allegedly caught with 50 grams of cocaine in October last year, her mum Danielle McKenna claimed.

In an online fundraiser - which has since been deleted - mum Dannielle, 46, said: "Mia has been given a life sentence over in Dubai and she is now in central prison. As you can all probably imagine, as her mother I am absolutely devastated. I haven't seen my daughter since last October.

"Mia is only 23 years old and has never done a bad thing in her life. This is a young girl, who went to university to do law, and unfortunately got mixed up in the wrong so-called friends and made a very stupid mistake and is now paying the price."