Hull woman to be freed from Egyptian jail
Laura Plummer pardoned by President a month into three year sentence for drug smuggling
Hull woman Laura Plummer, who was sentenced to three years in prison for smuggling drugs into Egypt, is to be freed this weekend.
The 33 year old was locked-up on Boxing Day for taking 290 Tramadol tablets into the country, the painkillers are illegal there.
It's understood she's been pardoned by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as part of the country's Revolution Day celebrations.
Laura's sister Jayne Synclair told The Sun, "We can't believe it's over. We've prayed for this day since she was arrested.
"We just want to get her home."
Ms Plummer is reported to have told her family in an emotional phone call: "I never thought this day would come. I'd given up hope."
The shop worker was arrested at the airport on October 9 last year when she flew into the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
She was handed her jail sentence by judges on Boxing Day, nearly three months after she was found to be carrying the Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, a painkiller which is legal in the UK but banned in Egypt.
The court was told she was taking the tablets for her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain, and had no idea what she was doing was wrong.
A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We continue to provide assistance to Laura and her family, and our embassy remains in regular contact with the Egyptian authorities.