Brit woman, 21, rotting in hellhole Dubai jail after being arrested on drug charge ‘had fallen in with wrong people'
on alleged drug charges fell in with "wrong people at the wrong time", her family has said.
Isabella Daggett, 21, was
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Brit woman Isabella Daggett was arrested just weeks after relocating to Dubai
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She has not taken a shower in over a month, her family claims
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She was arrested by Dubai police along with another man soon after she set foot in the desert city
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The Briton was working for a businessman doing internet recruiting for construction sites in the UK, who offered to send her to the Middle East for a similar role.
But she was sent to a Dubai prison soon after she set foot in the desert city.
It is understood that Ms Daggett was arrested alongside another man, with whom she was living at the time.
Her family claims that she has done nothing wrong, has never used narcotics and was rather lured to move to
Dubai
.
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Grandmother Heather Smith told the
"She is innocent because they have done all the tests and there was nothing in her system."
The grandma said her family had warned Ms Daggett about the potential dangers of the
She added: "She was arrested with a lad, who was not her boyfriend, with whom she was staying because things had fallen through with another house.
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"She didn't really like him that much. He may be guilty of something, but she isn't."
"We told Bella before she went to Dubai, 'you know the rules in Dubai, play by the rules, don't flaunt this, don't do that'."
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She added said she was going to move back to Leeds just before being arrested.
Dubai authorities have not yet revealed under what charges Ms Daggett was arrested.
Ms Daggett has not taken a shower or even changed her clothes in months after being banged up in a
prison
in March, her family claims.
The gran described how the Brit woman was being treated harshly inside the prison.
She added: "She hasn't had a shower for a month, she hasn't had a change of clothes for three months. She has had nothing.
"Women get treated far worse than male prisoners, who get to go outside, they get sports, a PlayStation and a television - Bella has nothing.
"She can speak to me and her mum every day though, which is good. But we have been in bits."
Ms Daggett's mum Lucinda Smith, with whom she ran a Leeds-based modelling agency, posted a
The fundraiser read: "My daughter Isabella has been wrongfully detained in Dubai, and we are doing everything we can to prove her innocence and bring her back home.
"We have proof she was not involved in these charges and are determined to fight for her freedom. The hideous conditions she is living in are enough to break any mother's heart.
"The legal and travel expenses are overwhelming, and we need your support. Any contribution, no matter how small, will help us cover the costs of legal fees, travel, and other necessary expenses."
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Ms Daggett's family claims that she has done nothing wrong
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The Britton was working for a businessman doing internet recruiting for construction sites in the UK
In the last couple of weeks,
The 18-year-old was sent to the brutal Women's Penitentiary No. 5 in the town of Rustavi -
She had originally jetted to the Philippines to meet an old friend, but reportedly
A sentence ranging from 20 years to life could be a possibility for teen Bella from County Durham, according to prosecutors.
Meanwhile, former air stewardess
Her two suitcases were said to have been stuffed with 46kg of a synthetic cannabis strain known as kush — which is 25 times more potent than opioid fentanyl.
If found guilty, South Londoner Charlotte could face a 25-year sentence.
Experts told The Sun how wannabe Brit Insta stars are being lured by cruel
gangs
into carting
drugs
across the world.
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Brit student Bella May Culley was arrested in Georgia after allegedly carrying drugs into the country from Thailand
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Brit Charlotte May Lee was arrested in Sri Lanka after allegedly trying to smuggle in drugs
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