[arista]

Michaella McCollum, 20 from Belfast
and Melissa Reid ,20 from Glasgow
are Guilty.

You pack your own bag
never ever take a bag you did not pack.


lock them away.


I wonder how many other Mule runs they did?

[Z]

I know people that know the Scottish one

[arista]

Originally Posted by Zee

I know people that know the Scottish one

She needs to speak up
stop the Belfast one from doing all the talking

[Z]

Wonder if they're going to be jailed?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Zee

Wonder if they're going to be jailed?

Bloody right they are
they are mules



Reid the 19 year old from Scotland (now 20)

http://news.sky.com/story/1128308/pe...ies-threatened





Life In The City

[Livia]

Can anyone still be stupid enough to do this? I know loads of people who've travelled in South America and managed it without being coerced into trafficking drugs. These girls are idiots, but I expect the bleeding hearts will be saying how awful that two young girls had to do this because they were in fear for their lives. Some people should stay at home.

[Cherie]

I don't think they were coerced in South America. the were both working as Club Hostesses in Ibiza, allegedly young pretty girls are targetted offered a free holiday to SA and a lump sum on return when they come back with the goods, their families were unaware they were in SA so it would seem this is a credible story. Both idiots, with euro signs in their eyes. They won't be back anytime soon.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think they were coerced in South America. the were both working as Club Hostesses in Ibiza, allegedly young pretty girls are targetted offered a free holiday to SA and a lump sum on return when they come back with the goods, their families were unaware they were in SA so it would seem this is a credible story. Both idiots, with euro signs in their eyes. They won't be back anytime soon.

..I completely agree with you Cherie, they 'disappeared' and then ended up being in SA...I think for them it was a way to travel and earn some cash and they've been completely stupid to think that was a wise thing to agree to...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

Can anyone still be stupid enough to do this? I know loads of people who've travelled in South America and managed it without being coerced into trafficking drugs. These girls are idiots, but I expect the bleeding hearts will be saying how awful that two young girls had to do this because they were in fear for their lives. Some people should stay at home.

We do not know if they did other Drug Mule Trips
and at that age they would be that stupid.


Lock them away

[LikeABoatOnWater]

pmsl I love this news story, these bints are clearly thick. lock em up and throw away the key.

[Nedusa]

How many times have we heard this before ? , we were tricked or forced or coerced or even blackmailed into smuggling Millions of pounds worth of Cocaine into Europe/UK

Fact is this is the story they are told to use in the event they get caught, well it won't wash with the authorities as there is too much evidence to the contary. Why had they gone to this country when they were already on holiday in another country ? and why did they not alert authorities BEFORE they boarded the flight not wait until they got caught.

No the authorities have heard all this before and if they stick to this story and plead NOT GUILTY they risk be imprisoned for over 25 years !!!! not a sensible strategy I would have thought.

Better to come clean and apologise and take whetever sentence is passed. Either way both of them are looking at years of Jail time..........!!!!!

[Kizzy]

There was a story not long ago where a homely looking middle aged lady was facing sentencing in a country for drug smuggling, as I recall many were quite sympathetic.
I didn't hear as many call her thick or an idiot.
They may have ruined their lives due to this decision there's no need for any crowing.
Anyone is capable of making bad choices.

[Ammi]

..I believe there was a story about a grandmother who smuggled drugs, It's a stupid thing to do and she deserved punishment..the usual punishment for that crime which I believe was in Bali is 15yrs in prison..I think that's right and I believe that punishment should have been given but because the judge was concerned about Bali's tourist industry he decided to ignore the state punishment and sentence her to death by firing squad...that I do find completely barbaric....

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

There was a story not long ago where a homely looking middle aged lady was facing sentencing in a country for drug smuggling, as I recall many were quite sympathetic.
I didn't hear as many call her thick or an idiot.
They may have ruined their lives due to this decision there's no need for any crowing.
Anyone is capable of making bad choices.

... Perhaps that's because receiving lengthy, deserved prison sentences is absolutely not tantamount to the death penalty? I'm genuinely astounded that you think it's suitable to even mention the two incidents in the same sentence.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Redway

... Perhaps that's because receiving lengthy, deserved prison sentences is absolutely not tantamount to the death penalty? I'm genuinely astounded that you think it's suitable to even mention the two incidents in the same sentence.

Why? they both smuggled over a million pounds worth of drugs and were sentenced outside of the UK...
Lindsey Sandiford was expected to receive around 15yrs but was it seemed made an example of as the country tries to rid itself as a destination for drug trafficking.
Right of wrong we can't expect other countries to sentence as we would, it is barbaric but they felt it proportionate.
These girls are lucky they only face 25yrs.

[Ammi]

..I think the sympathies though were because of the death sentence involved and not because she didn't deserve to be sentenced for a crime...and it wasn't the usual sentence for that crime even for the country involved, it's perfectly understandable that some people will have sympathy/strong feelings about a human life being distinguished...

[Livia]

I remember the "grandmother" who smuggled drugs and as I recall I, like a lot of people, thought she pretty much got what she deserved. She was a drug smuggler, no one can say they don't know the dangers of drug smuggling, especially in places like South American or the Far East. If people don't understand the dangers they have no business applying for a passport.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Why? they both smuggled over a million pounds worth of drugs and were sentenced outside of the UK...
Lindsey Sandiford was expected to receive around 15yrs but was it seemed made an example of as the country tries to rid itself as a destination for drug trafficking.
Right of wrong we can't expect other countries to sentence as we would, it is barbaric but they felt it proportionate.
These girls are lucky they only face 25yrs.

I was under the impression that the former case had been sentenced to death, no? If she indeed received roughly 15 years then fair enough but if not it's completely pointless comparing them.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Redway

I was under the impression that the former case had been sentenced to death, no? If she indeed received roughly 15 years then fair enough but if not it's completely pointless comparing them.

Yes she has, and these girls are lucky they didn't share the same fate.
If you think it's pointless that's up to you, I feel there is a comparison to be made as I pointed out in my previous posts.

[arista]

There Cases in Peru of this scottish and northern irish lass
can take a long time to come up.

[DanaC]

Stupid thing to do. Silly girls. But those kinds of sentences have always seemed entirely disproportionate for the offence to me.

I can imagine doing something that stupid when i was that age, had I found myself in a position to do so.

I don't think they deserve to serve 15 or 25 years for what they've done. I don't think any of the mules do. My heart absolutely breaks for them and their families. A stupid decision and their lives are now effectively over. I look at them, and I can see my two young nieces standing in their place.

[Kizzy]

You have shocked me there dana, very honest of you to admit as it is haha!
Hedonism is no excuse for criminal behaviour, There is no merit in excusing the behaviour of teens they are as aware of what is right and wrong.
Everyone has choices young and old, I have a daughter the same age and I myself was once that age and there's no way this would have even crossed my mind as acceptable.
We're not an exception I'm sure?
Drugs ruin lives, they kill people.... money from drugs funds terrorism and human trafficking, the seriousness of the wider implications reflects in sentencing.

[DanaC]

Oh I was well and truly off the rails in my late teens. Like a lot of people, I managed to get to the other side without paying a horrible price for my stupidity.

And turned into the upstanding *cough* citizen I am today

I realise drugs ruin lives. But personally, I think the bulk of that harm is directly or indirectly attributable to their illegality.

[arista]

[Carefree: Melissa Reid
and Michaella McCollum Connolly happily pose
on a balcony in Peru where they are accused
of smuggling cocaine]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2cOXInkud






This week they are expected to
face the courts

[Jords]

I think its unecessary.