THE mum of a Brit law student detained in a hellish Dubai prison and sentenced to life has set up a desperate new fundraiser.
Mia O’Brien, from Huyton, Merseyside, was handed a 25 year prison sentence after she was found with 50g of cocaine, her mum previously revealed.
Mia O’Brien was handed a 25 year prison sentence in United Arab Emirates[/caption]
Her mum Danielle McKenna has set up a new fundraiser[/caption]
She was caught with 50g of cocaine[/caption]
It comes after Mia’s GoFundMe account was suddenly deleted on Friday for violating guidelines.
Taking a swipe at GoFundMe, Danielle McKenna revealed her bank details on Facebook, pleading people to donate directly to her.
Blasting the fundraiser website, she said: “I am going to set up my own, as they [GoFundMe] are nitpicking at everything.”
It comes after heartbroken Danielle issued a plea earlier this week saying Mia had “never done a bad thing in her life”.
Her family said she had made a “very stupid mistake” before being thrown behind bars in a nightmare jail in United Arab Emirates.
The drugs Mia was caught with last October have a street value in the UK of £2,500.
The huge amount of cocaine was found inside Mia’s apartment in “one big chunk”.
The Liverpool University law student was arrested alongside two other people – her friend and the friend’s boyfriend.
All three were charged with drug dealing – before Mia was convicted by a judge after a one-day hearing on July 25.
She was also fined a staggering £100,000 by the court before being sent to Dubai Central Prison, also known as Al-Awir.
The notorious lock-up has been dubbed the affluent city’s version of infamous jail Alcatraz.
“Mia feels she has destroyed her life as she wanted to be a lawyer or solicitor,” Danielle told the Daily Mail.
“I speak to her but she can’t say too much on the phone.
“She’s just made a stupid mistake after going over to see a friend and her boyfriend in Dubai.”
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