Michaella McCollum – who was jailed in Peru for drug smuggling – has been told she can serve the rest of her sentence in Northern Ireland.
Officials in Belfast have completed the paperwork for the Dungannon woman’s transfer.
Her solicitor’s described conditions in the prison she’s currently in as horrendous.
She and Melissa Reid from East Dunbartonshire in Scotland were given nearly seven years in 2013.
Her solicitor Kevin Winters says returning here would mean Michaella could see her family more often:
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