Drug mule accused girl reunited with her dad

Jail visit as Bella, 18, prepares for court.

- BY SIMON MURPHY in Tbilisi, Georgia

BRITISH drug smuggling suspect Bella Culley has been reunited with her father as it emerged she is ready to mount a defence.

The 18-year-old vanished in Thailand before turning up in Georgia where she faces life in jail after allegedly importing cannabis.

Dad Niel was yesterday seen visiting Bella in prison in what is thought to be their first meeting since her arrest.

Bella — who has told a court she is pregnant - is being held at Women's Prison No.5 in Rustavi, which is 45 minutes south of the former Soviet state's capital Tbilisi.

Niel, 49, was seen going into the prison alone carrying a medium-sized dark blue bag. When he was spotted about 45 minutes later he did not have the bag suggesting he had dropped off supplies to his daughter.