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Bella Culley walks free! Pregnant British 'drug mule' shows baby bump as she leaves Georgian prison alongside emotional family after prosecutors showed her mercy
Pregnant Brit 'drugs mule' Bella Culley was seen with her baby bump as she walked free from a Georgian prison after prosecutors showed her mercy. The 19-year-old was due to be sentenced to two years in jail, but it was cut at the 11th hour due to...
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Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley speaks for first time after being freed from Georgia prison
Bella Culley, a pregnant British teenager who was held in Georgia over drug smuggling charges, has spoken out for the first time after being freed from prison. Outside Tbilisi City court on Monday (3 November), the 19-year-old said she was “happy...
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Pregnant British teenager accused of drug smuggling freed from Georgia jail
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A pregnant British teenager charged with drug smuggling in Georgia has been released. Bella Culley, 19, from Billingham in Teesside, had spent six months in custody after being arrested at Tbilisi airport in May, allegedly with £200,000 worth of...
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Pregnant British teen arrested for drug smuggling in Georgia released after guilty verdict
TBILISI, Georgia — British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, was released from prison Monday as part of a plea deal. Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi...
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Pregnant British 'drug mule' Bella Culley 'will walk FREE' from Georgian prison after dramatic U-turn from prosecutors
By ANDREW JEHRING, CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Published: 05:07 EDT, 3 November 2025 | Updated: 05:31 EDT, 3 November 2025 Pregnant 'drugs mule' Bella Culley is set to walk free from Georgian prison and return to Britain as early as today...
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Have Pakistan, China and Russia secretly conducted nuclear tests as Trump claims?
Donald Trump keeps dropping bombs — and in this case, it’s nuclear. After 33 years of a moratorium on nuclear testing, United States President Donald Trump, last Thursday, announced that he had instructed the Department of War — earlier known as...
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Pregnant teen Bella Culley gives one-word response after she's freed from Georgia jail
Bella May Culley(Image: Facebook) A pregnant British teenager detained in Georgia on drug smuggling charges is now set to be released from prison. Bella May Culley, a 19 year old who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport back...
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Pregnant UK teenager accused of drug smuggling in Georgia ‘happy’ to be freed
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Irish Independent
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Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May. It was alleged that the 19-year-old, from Teesside, tried to smuggle 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of marijuana and two kilograms (4.4 pounds) of hashish into...
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NGOs: Russian citizens Chechin, Zinovkina and Gribul – victims of politicised justice any objective court would have acquitted and released them right in the courtroom
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Russian citizens Anton Chechin, Anastasia Zinovkina and Artiom Gribul – just like dozens of other protest participants – have become victims of a justice system captured, politicised and biased by Bidzina Ivanishvili. Any impartial and objective...
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Pregnant British teen freed from Georgia jail after drug smuggling charge
Pregnant teenager Bella Culley, who had been facing drug trafficking charges in Georgia, has said she felt "happy and relieved" as she was freed from prison. The 19-year-old from Billingham, Teesside, had initially faced a possible 20 years in...
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Gigi Tsereteli: The arrest of the lady from Gagra is an outrage; these people aren’t going anywhere; the opposition must answer with unity, not let ‘Georgian Dream’ finish everything it has planned
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“Georgian Dream” has moved from the defensive phase to the aggression phase: we hear nothing but insults, accusations that “double standards exist,” that “Georgia and Georgian Dream are doing everything and nobody sees it,” Gigi Tsereteli,...
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North East drug mule Bella Culley to be freed from prison in Georgia
Patrick Hill and Vazha Tavberidze in Tbilisi 10:37, 03 Nov 2025 Bella May Culley(Image: Facebook) Expectant British drug smuggler Bella Culley is set to walk free from prison in Georgia. The 19 year old, who is understood to be expecting her baby...
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Pregnant British teen arrested for drug smuggling in Georgia released after guilty verdict
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, was released from prison Monday as part of a plea deal. Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi...
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Pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling in Georgia ‘happy’ to be freed
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A pregnant British teenager held over drug smuggling offences in Georgia said she is “happy” to be released from prison. Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May. It was alleged that the...
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Pregnant British drug mule freed from Georgia prison
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Bella Culley, the pregnant British teenager charged with trafficking drugs into Georgia, has been released from prison. The 19-year-old from Teesside faced up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty to smuggling 446g of tetraphenol cannabinol...
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Pregnant ‘drugs mule’ Bella Culley says she is happy after release from prison in Georgia
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video British teenager Bella Culley, who was held in Georgia for months accused of drugs trafficking, has said she is ‘happy and relieved’...
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Pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling offences in Georgia to be freed
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The Irish News
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A pregnant British teenager held over drug smuggling offences in Georgia is to be released from prison. Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May. It was alleged that the 19-year-old, from Teesside,...
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Speaker: Brussels approaches Georgia with Soviet mentality
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"Failure to condemn violence is support for the perpetrators. This is a regrettable approach of Brussels," said Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, APA's local bureau reports. According to him, even though a month has passed...
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Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison after ‘drugs mule’ ordeal
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison after ‘drugs mule’ ordeal
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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