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# Michaela McCollum Connolly

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"Keep your mouth shut" - Fellow drug mule's prison advice to Michaella McCollum

Belfast woman Lillian Allen was also convicted of drug smuggling in Peru.

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Apr 16th 2015, 3:05 PM

Sentencing of ‘Peru 2′ postponed due to judges’ strike

Michaela McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid were due to be sentenced today. No new date has been set for their court appearance.

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Dec 9th 2013, 11:20 PM

Michaella is "in good spirits, but very frightened for the future" - solicitor

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.

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Aug 28th 2013, 8:36 AM