Jailed for life over 'stupid mistake'

Law student sentenced in Dubai

- BY PHIL CARDY

A YOUNG British law student has been jailed for life in Dubai, her family has revealed.

Mia O'Brien, 23, from Huyton, Liverpool, "made a very stupid mistake", according to her worried mum, Danielle McKenna, 46.

She said: "Mia has been given a life sentence in Dubai and she is now in central prison. As you can all probably imagine, as her mother I am absolutely devastated.