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Huyton Woman 'Navigating Hell' After Being 'Jailed for Life in Dubai' - Liverpool Echo
Mia O'Brien, 23, received a life sentence and a 500,000 dirham fine after being convicted for possessing 50 grams of cocaine under Dubai's strict drug laws.
- Mia O'Brien, a 23-year-old Liverpool University law student from Huyton, was sentenced to life in Dubai after being found with 50 grams of cocaine in October last year.
- Her conviction followed a single-day court hearing on July 25, during which she pleaded not guilty to intent to supply cocaine in a trial conducted entirely in Arabic.
- Mia is being held in Dubai's Central Prison, sharing a cell with six others under reportedly overcrowded and harsh conditions amid reports of violence and abuse.
- She has been fined £100,000 and hopes to serve her sentence in the UK after Ramadan, when clemency deals might be considered according to her mother Danielle.
- Danielle McKenna calls the case a miscarriage of justice, maintains her daughter's innocence, and is determined to fight for Mia's freedom while warning others of Dubai's zero tolerance for drug offences.
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