Saturday 27 February 2021
Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid have been transferred from a low security facility, and could now be sharing a cell with as many as 38 other inmates.
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Last week a prosecutor said they would need to give a fuller confession if they expected to have their sentences reduced.
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The prosecutor said the women would need to give more details and fully acknowledge their guilt.
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Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid entered guilty pleas at a court hearing last night.
She now faces a minimum of six years and eight months in prison with no parole.
The Monaghan-born woman, accused of trying to smuggle drugs from Peru to Spain, is hoping to receive a shorter sentence in return for entering a guilty plea.
Meanwhile, £2,616 has been raised by a fund set up by McCollum Connolly’s sister.
A guilty plea would ensure Melissa Reid a shorter sentence.
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Set up by her sister, the fund for Michaella McCollum Connolly aims to raise £20,000.
Michaella McCollum Connolly’s lawyer also outlined the chain of events that led to her arrest.
Michaella will be moved to a permanent jail in the next 24 hours, her solicitor says, but prisons in Peru are rife with TB and HIV.
Toilet roll, Pringles, Oreos and a sports bra, were among some of the items requested as well as stamps and envelopes to write letters home.
The pair were arrested two weeks ago at Lima’s international airport with 11 kilograms of cocaine.
Local media in Peru are reporting that the Irish and British women were recruited by a Lima-based drug trafficking ring.
Connolly’s lawyer Peter Madden said the Tyrone woman would be protesting her innocence.
He visited his sister at the national police anti-drug headquarters where Michaella and her companion Melissa Reid are being held.
The spy craft are not just being used in war and military surveillance – in Peru, they are studying ancient ruins.
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“I was offered to do a trip and offered €10,000 for a flight over to Benalmadena with 1kg,” said Lee.
Michaella McCollum Connolly’s solicitor has flown to Peru ahead of today’s preliminary court hearing.
In a video posted last night, Michaella says that she is not being given enough to drink.
The pair have been visited by the former honorary consul of Ireland in Peru and Archbishop of Lima Seán Walsh.
The 20-year-old Irish woman and her British friend Melissa Reid are due in court court tomorrow.
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The larger the amount of drugs the longer the sentence in Peru, and if convicted, the women could face up to 25 years in prison.
Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, from Belfast and a companion were found at Jorge Chavez airport trying to board a flight to Madrid.
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