British woman gets life in Pakistan for drugs smuggling
A British woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan in drug smuggling case
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-03-18 20:42 GMT
Islamabad: A British woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan after being convicted of trying to smuggle 63kg of heroin out of the country.
According to the officials Khadija Shah, 26, from Birmingham, was heavily pregnant when she was arrested at Islamabad airport in May 2012.
Shah, who gave birth to a baby girl, Malaika, in jail, denied the charges against her.
Two of her other children with her at the time of her arrest, returned to Britain.
In 2012, a court in Rawalpindi heard Shah was arrested after 63kg of heroin was found from her suitcase.
Shah claimed she was carrying the cases for someone else and was unaware of the drugs.
Her lawyer said they will appeal in he higher court