Laura Plummer, a British woman from Hull, has spoken of her relief after being released from an Egyptian prison. She was sentenced to three years in December 2017 for bringing painkillers into the country.
The 34-year-old shop worker was granted early release on Monday. According to The Sun, she flew to Europe on Monday and is expected to return to the UK on Tuesday.
Plummer was arrested at Hurghada airport on 9 October 2017 after arriving with 290 tramadol tablets, which are legal in the UK but banned in Egypt. She said she was bringing them for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain, and that she was unaware she was doing anything wrong.
Speaking about the effect of her imprisonment on their relationship, she said: "I love him and he loves me, and our love has survived the most traumatic of ordeals." She also said she wanted to get home and have a long bath and get into her own bed.
Her family previously described her as "daft" and said she did not try to hide the medicine, which she had been given by a friend. They said she thought it was a joke when officials stopped her. Her mother said Plummer was held in a communal cell with no beds, sharing with up to 25 other women.
