Court sentences Peru Two to six years, eight months in jail

Two women caught trying to smuggle over €1.75m of cocaine out of Peru have been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison.

Michaela McCollum, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, and co-accused Melissa Reid, from Lenzie near Glasgow, pleaded guilty to drug smuggling in September.

The pair, both aged 20, faced the prospect of a maximum 15-year prison term but struck a behind-closed-doors plea bargain to secure a shorter sentence.