Brit mum in car chase & thrown in JAIL in Turkey after smashing hotel shower while celebrating boyfriend's new teeth
A BRITISH mum says she has been "trapped" in Turkey for almost seven weeks after smashing a hotel shower screen on a drunken night out.
Georgia Harrison, 32, claims hotel staff chased her to the airport before she was arrested and stung with a £15,000 bill.
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Georgia Harrison and partner Arron Tighe were arrested while heading to the airport
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Georgia admitted she made the 'worst mistake of her life' after smashing a shower screen
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The cleaner, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, admitted she had made the "worst mistake of my life" but said she needs to get back home to be with daughter Poppy, 12.
Georgia and partner Arron Tighe, 32, flew to Antalya on May 2 and were due to leave on May 7.
But as they celebrated Arron's new veneers, Georgia downed vodka and cocktails before accidentally shattering a glass screen in the hotel bathroom.
She thinks the booze mixed with prescribed antipsychotic medication caused her to black out.
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Georgia told The Sun: "I don't even remember it but I smashed the screen."
Panicked, the couple left the Lexia Hotel the following morning and got a cab to the airport to fly back to the UK.
Georgia said their taxi was blocked in by three cars before the worried cab driver called the police, who then arrested them.
A hellish ordeal then began as they were put in a prison cell and questioned without a lawyer.
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The mum-of-one said she refused to answer questions until she had a British-speaking lawyer, which led to her being accused of resisting arrest.
Georgia was then hauled into court after being left in a "court cell with 300 men" and was banned from leaving the country until she coughs up £15,000 for the hotel.
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She said: "I'm trapped, I don't have £15,000.
"I've paid my lawyer, paid for hotels, I've paid for my rent back home. I've tried loads of ways to get out but I'm getting nowhere. I'm at a brick wall.
"I know I've done wrong but it's killing me. I need to get home for my daughter. She rings me and asks when I'm coming home. It's heartbreaking.
"There's nothing I can do to change it, it's horrible."
Georgia has been in contact with the British Embassy in Turkey, which told her they are unable to help lift the travel ban.
But in fear of indefinitely being held, Georgia has tried other means of leaving the country including trying to get a boat to Greece.
Each time, a passport check has stopped her.
She added: "I need to get home to my child now.
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The couple have been in Turkey for almost seven weeks
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The mum said she is desperate to get home to her 12-year-old daughter
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"My lawyer said to wait until it goes to trial, but it's waiting until then. We have no idea when they could be.
"I can't afford to keep living here. I've sat in silence for more than six weeks but I've suffered and nothing's changing."
Her sister has set up a
Georgia said: "I can't even click on it because I'm so ashamed.
"But I don't know what else to do.
"My lawyer sent a surveyor to the hotel who said the damage is worth no more than £1,000 and that's with labour.
"My lawyer offered £3,000 to settle but they've refused it.
"I just want to get home."
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