Lawyer: Peru drugs suspect Michaella 'confident'

A lawyer for one of the suspected drug mules being held in a Peruvian prison has said she is confident her story of coercion will be proven.

Lawyer: Peru drugs suspect Michaella 'confident'

A lawyer for one of the suspected drug mules being held in a Peruvian prison has said she is confident her story of coercion will be proven.

Peter Madden, who is representing Michaella McCollum, 20, from Co Tyrone, said she and co-accused Melissa Reid, also 20, from Scotland, are scared and confused but will have to decide within weeks whether to plead guilty or protest their innocence at a trial.

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