Overview

• The 19-year-old from Billingham was arrested in May at Tbilisi International Airport with roughly 14kg of cannabis and hashish and faces a potential sentence ranging from decades to life if convicted.
• Judge Giorgi Gelashvili denied bail but said the court would bring the case back immediately once a deal is struck, with the next date set for 9 October.
• Defence lawyer Malkhaz Salakaia said prosecutors are willing to allow immediate release the day a state-demanded sum is paid, though the family says the amount is a vast ask and they are not ready to pay.
• The specific figure has not been disclosed, but a Georgian legal expert quoted in coverage estimated a likely fine in the region of £100,000 in comparable cases.
• Culley is about 22 weeks pregnant and claims she was coerced and tortured into carrying the drugs, an account prosecutors dispute, citing CCTV and official statements.