PERU 2 MICHAELLA NOT DOING CELEB SAS TO 'BOOST PUBLIC IMAGE'

REFORMED drugs mule Michaella McCollum has said she signed onto Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins to “push" herself, and not to try and change public perceptions of her.

- BY HANNAH ROBERTS

McCollum, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, was caught trying to smuggle 24lb (11kg) of cocaine worth £1.5 million (€1.7m) out of Peru with accomplice Melissa Reid in 2013.

The pair, known as the “Peru Two”, were jailed for six years and eight months after admitting the crime but were freed in 2016 after striking a deal with Peruvian authorities.

McCollum told ITV's This Morning: “Reality-type TV series, I've never really been interested in doing anything like that, but I think SAS, there's no other show like that.

“So I thought it would be a really good way to test myself and try and push myself and do something completely different.