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Angry that Laura Plummer is freed and likely to cash in as a convicted drug dealer

81 replies

Tistheseason17 · 27/01/2018 20:01

The press seem to like writing about this woman as a "victim".
AIBU to wish she'd get arrested for obtaining the Tramadol illegally when she gets off the plane back here?

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PurpleCrowbar · 27/01/2018 20:41

I'm in Egypt, teaching as an expat.

The general consensus is a) muppet b) lock up the dodgy boyfriend instead & c) great, this is why I had my bags searched & had to justify my Xmas present kindle at Cairo airport, resulting in an hour's delay clearing customs.

& yes, she had broken the law in the uk before she ever got airside - she'd obtained drugs that weren't prescribed for her.

Sympathy is in short supply. I would say that it's obvious that it was the 'orfi' husband that needs pursuing - tramadol abuse & dealing are massive here. But she's got off very lightly.

There would be a damn sight less sympathy for an Egyptian woman rocking up at UK customs with something illegal she was 'bringing in for her British husband' I suspect.

I wish her well, tbh. But it was MASSIVELY fuckwittage thing to do in the first place.

IncyWincyGrownUp · 27/01/2018 20:41

It’s a bit of a shit show really. I hope she gets arrested for illegally acquiring the drugs, then a nice sentence here. Unlikely, but we can hope.

nancy75 · 27/01/2018 20:42

I don’t care if they let her out or not, but seeing convicted drug traffickers become some kind of celebs ( and the money that goes with it) does piss me off.

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Tistheseason17 · 27/01/2018 20:43

Nice insight, thanks, @PurpleCrowbar

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nancy75 · 27/01/2018 20:44

I pressume our govt provided legal assistance, if she makes loads of money by selling her story she should be made to pay the cost of any legal work done for her.

Lettucepray · 27/01/2018 20:46

Has she said how she got them? Tramadol are really hard to get prescribed these days because of addiction issues. I always thought she knew damn well what she was doing.

ButchyRestingFace · 27/01/2018 20:47

I pressume our govt provided legal assistance, if she makes loads of money by selling her story she should be made to pay the cost of any legal work done for her.

Unless her family are uber rich, I imagine she'd be looking to refund them all the air fares and whatever legal advice/representation they undertook on her behalf.

I think refunding any government legal assistance is probably a non starter.

MrsDesireeCarthorse · 27/01/2018 20:50

She got them from a work colleague who gets them on prescription...the colleague refused to help the family at first, but is now being investigated here for her part in this.

midsomermurderess · 27/01/2018 20:50

Many more things going on to be angry about. I suspect the FO has been working with the Egyptian authorities to sort this out as it does no good for our relationship. Let the police here ask her where she got the pills from. Be prepared if you read the Mail etc to see her everywhere, much like one of the Peruvian drug mules.

Aridane · 27/01/2018 20:54

No- I’m not angry and don’t really understand the vitriol on this thread

OlennasWimple · 27/01/2018 20:54

She obtained the tramadol from a work colleague who had been prescribed them (on the NHS) but didn't take them. The colleague gave Laura a couple of prescriptions' worth of the drugs, so I hope that the friend is charged the cost for defrauding the NHS at least

icclemunchy · 27/01/2018 20:55

It's thanks to pillocks like this I have to drag my disabled arse to the drs to get my prescription rather than having it sent to the chemist like everything else, I also get the job of the dr trying to limit my prescription periodically just in case my consultant was lying about me needing pain control and I'm actually flogging them

mentalfluid · 27/01/2018 20:55

I feel if LP had been ugly and overweight she would not have been treated so leniently. Same with Lavinia Woodward- she only got off so lightly because she a skinny posh blonde. i hate the double standards women are held up to. no one seems to care so much when it is a man.

Birdsgottafly · 27/01/2018 20:56

While I don't think that anyone should be able to build a career on committing a crime (Stephen French/Bob Croxton are two local Gangsters who have and it annoys the hell out of me). It wouldn't make sense to cost the country more money by giving her a custodial sentence and the upshot of her doing interviews etc is that she will be able to support herself.

Compared with who we have not being prosecuted, Sex offenders, Poppi Worthington's Murderer etc, I can't get worked up about her tbh.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 27/01/2018 20:59

Exactly my thoughts. Mental

missymisdemeanor · 27/01/2018 20:59

Silly woman did something ridiculous to please a man. No. I don't feel anger towards her. What did she do that was so terrible? Kill someone? Attack someone? Ruin someones life? No, she tried to take drugs to her boyfriend. Pretty low rent crime and I don't want any British woman serving 'justice' in a prison in Egypt.

Birdsgottafly · 27/01/2018 20:59

"It's thanks to pillocks like this I have to drag my disabled arse to the drs to get my prescription "

I'm not defending her but it isn't. Tramadol is a dangerous drug that was over-prescribed so had to be regulated.

Butterymuffin · 27/01/2018 20:59

She will undoubtedly appear on This Morning. Brace yourself for that now.

It is unfair that because of this behaviour people who genuinely need certain drugs will get a harder time accessing them. But the damage is probably done there. As for LP herself, her skills and intelligence aren't going to look great on a job application form any time soon.

AntArcticFox · 27/01/2018 20:59

I have no sympathy and I was extremely sceptical of the accepting line the press took with her family' s excuses for her.

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Tistheseason17 · 27/01/2018 21:02

I guess I'm more angry at the press for creating the victim scenario. I think they should be focusing on innocents abroad rather than proven drug smugglers.

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Birdsgottafly · 27/01/2018 21:04

Also it was Egypt's Revolution Day, were a selection of Prisoners are freed. There were over 700 Prisoners released last year, on Bank holidays. These are usually lesser offences, which in the scheme of things, this was.

user764329056 · 27/01/2018 21:05

You can buy them online from various suppliers so not difficult to get hold of that amount

Hygge · 27/01/2018 21:10

They will have her on This Morning.

They had the nasty sod who bullied me until I left my old job on there, being all tragic and sad after getting away with something else, so they'll have her.

On the local news page they have someone defending her by saying she's not a drug smuggler because tramadol is medication not drugs, and that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I'm not sure what she thinks that expression means in the context.

WooWooSister · 27/01/2018 21:17

I think they've downplayed the illegality until she was freed (and presumably to lull her into a false sense of security so she does come back to the UK).
It's been such a high profile case, I hope the UK police are as strict as possible. They need to deter others from saving their prescriptions Hmm and giving them to their work colleagues.

AntArcticFox · 27/01/2018 21:35

WooWooSister I hope you are right.