Clues in ‘drugs mule' Bella May Culley's posts showed trip was turning dark
Like most people her age, Bella loved social media, posting about her travels almost daily while abroad and sharing photos in glamorous places.
But a few of these posts have raised eyebrows.
In one photo, Bella held wads of cash tied up with a silk hairband, captioned: 'But nothing hurts when I'm with youuuuu'
Another showed Bella in a bikini, with a caption alluding to a Bonnie and Clyde-like scenario.
'Blonde or brunette? Erm, how about we get up to criminal activities side by side like Bonnie n' Clyde, making heavy figures and f***ing on balconies all over the world?
'I don't care if we on the run baby, long as I'm next to you,' she said.
Another photo showed Bella smoking a joint while riding in the passenger seat of a car.
Just yesterday, her family revealed she spent time with a mystery man called 'Russ' – further deepening the mystery.
The Billingham, County Durham resident told a Tbilisi court on Wednesday that she is pregnant.
Her grandad revealed that Bella was meeting a man she 'used to go out with' during her dream holiday in Southeast Asia.
William Culley, 80, said: 'She went to the Philippines to see somebody, a lad there, who she used to go out with a couple of years ago, who was working out there.
'She said, 'I'm going on my own, but I'm meeting Ross out there.' Or Russ, I'm not sure what his name is.
'He was working out there for his father's company or something – but now I wonder if what she told me was true.'
Bella's social media did show her in the company of an unknown man, though he was never clearly photographed or filmed. More Trending
He added: 'Last night they were told they could see her in the morning. They said they'd ring me straight after they had seen her, but I haven't had a call. They must still be waiting.'
Culley is currently being held but could face the prospect of calling Tbilisi Prison No.5 her new home.
Another report by the Human Rights Watch in 2006 found the prison to be 'severely overcrowded' while the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (CPT) called conditions 'degrading' and 'inhuman and constitute 'an affront to a civilised society' that same year.
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