Mother pleads for funds for British student sentenced to life imprisonment in Dubai

Mia O’Brien, a 23-year-old British law student, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Dubai for possessing 50g of cocaine, prompting her mother, Dannielle McKenna, to initiate fundraisers for legal aid, which were removed for violating site rules. With Dubai’s strict drug laws, the FCDO is assisting O’Brien while her mother expresses distress over Mia’s situation following her transfer to a different prison.

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