Belfast prison agrees to take Michaella McCollum Connolly

Peru drugs mule Michaella McCollum’s repatriation to a Northern Ireland jail has been given the go-ahead by the head of the prison service in Belfast.

Peru drugs mule Michaella McCollum Connolly’s repatriation to a Northern Ireland jail has been given the go-ahead by the head of the prison service in Belfast.

All necessary paperwork has been sent to Peruvian authorities considering the application for transfer, a letter from the North's Prison Service disclosed.