Overview

• The 23-year-old British law student was convicted after a one-day hearing on July 25 and fined £100,000, with reports citing about 50g of cocaine found last October.
• She is being held at Dubai Central Prison, where her mother says conditions are harsh, including overcrowding and sleeping on a floor mattress.
• GoFundMe deleted the family’s fundraiser for violating Term 9, which bars raising money for certain legal defenses, according to a company spokesperson.
• Her mother has begun sharing bank details on Facebook to seek help with legal costs and travel, and says an appeal is expected in the coming weeks.
• A UK TikToker with the same name has publicly clarified she is not the woman imprisoned in Dubai after receiving mistaken-identity messages.