To think Laura Plummer is naive at best, a bit stupid at worst?

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She's just on GMB and doesn't really have any answer for anything apart from 'I don't know'.

Surely she knew it was odd to have that amount of tramadol given to her from someone other than her doctor?

She’s a bit stupid. I get paranoid about taking my prescription medicines abroad - even though I’ll have all the signed items with me.

Naive and stupid? She knew fine well what she was doing was illegal and would have been fully briefed on what to say in order to prevent herself getting into further trouble.

Calculating and criminal is closer to the truth

She was trafficking a Class C drug obtained by a fraudulent presecription.

Should be locked up.

I have just watched her.

She is very stupid. Sorry that sounds so harsh but I think she sums up everything that is wrong with people that travel to these places without looking into the rules and regulations. How naive can someone be!

She seems as thick as mince

I honestly believe she didnt realise what she was doing was illegal.
I don't think she thought twice about, to be honest.
The tablets weren't hidden, so Its not like she tried to sneak them in
Glad she's home
. However I thought over there IG they said
. "You're doing 3 years."
You'd do 3 years and not a day less

If she had a fraudulent prescription then she must have known what she was doing was illegal.

Maybe she's so stupid she thought she'd get away with it

I hope she's not turned into some celebrity like that Peru drug mule. Apparently the captain of her flight back to the U.K. welcomed her back home when they landed and people were cheering . She took drugs into a country that are on the restricted/banned list and the fact her so called husband couldn't get Tramadol legally in his own country should have raised a red flag. Naive or not she committed a criminal offence in Egypt and shouldn't be lauded for it.

If she acquired them fraudently in this country she should be punished here too.

I don't get the media coverage. She is a ex convict aka drug smuggler.

I find it incredibly tacky that she’s pimping her story across the media. I hate the way the media can turn criminals into mini-celebs like one of the Peru drug mules. She swans about the place like she’s a film star rather than a convicted criminal.

You do have to b pe quite spectacularly stupid to get hold of that many tramadol and not realise you’re doing something wrong.

The retail worker from Hull maintained that she was unaware the drug was a controlled substance in Egypt and said she was bringing the tablets into the country to help her partner’s back pain.

Hmm. Surely if her partner lived there and needed tramadol regularly, he'd know what was banned and what wasn't.

Not sure if she's lying or stupid. Or both.

I really can't work her out. Either completely thick or playing thick really well

I think she’s a convicted drug trafficker can wouldn’t expect open honesty from her. How will she spin in now? Recovery holiday posing in a bikini? Make over? Big brother? Who cares.

She's an idiot and is damned lucky to have received a pardon. She was trafficking, although she may not have framed it like that. She was carrying nearly 300 pills ffs! This wasn't a mistake.

I think reports when she was jailed said she had learning difficulties. It's quite clear she's utterly clueless. It seems her local boyfriend took advantage of that.

Doesn't excuse her, but may be an explanation of sorts

Hmm stupid person who appears to be proud of ignorance?

Nah we've never had one of those become a celeb before have we?

So if this is the woman who tried to import a large quantity of drungs into Egypt and was caught she seems to be continuing to profit from her illegal action by milking the TV circuit. WHat next, the Jungle? Bake off? She's on a nice gravy train for a criminal. Has she said how she came by that quantity of the drugs? She should still be in Egypt. Why are women so thick as to get involved in drug smuggling then winge and whine when caught?

Ffs so many judgy pants on here. He has back pain and can't get the meds to help him, they are available on prescription here so she takes over enough to last him.
Tramadol is not such a big deal in the UK, thousands are on it.

Since when did everyone here start respecting the random laws of other countries? Only when it seems there's an excuse to go round screaming 'burn the witch!' Her having a low IQ (if she does) is no excuse.

So she's on tv. Well you are watching it therefore isn't this what you, as the viewer, is asking for?

Isnt Tramadol prescription only - where did she get it?

What she did is just as illegal here as it is in Egypt. Random law my arse.

I don't believe any of her story.

Taking a bag from a friend, not looking inside it and deciding to take it abroad with you - really? The family said that she was very naive and not terribly bright; WTF was she off to Egypt to see her "husband" without being accompanied by them? I have a relative who has SEN and is very gullible, but otherwise quite capable of working and getting on with life. If he announced that he was off abroad on his own to see his "wife" there would be huge alarm bells ringing.

I have more sympathy for the Egyptian women being kept in prison there, who don't have the option of public opinion and tearful media interviews by family, to pull strings to get them out. They'll have to suffer the "horrendous conditions" because they have no alternative. Laura Plummer could have quite easily avoided jail by not breaking the law in the first place.

Egypt has bloody good reasons for being so tough on Tramadol. I notice that none of the bleeding hearts seem to give a shit about the effect that the opioid crisis is having in poorer countries - a problem that is made worse by people like Laura Plummer.

Tramadol is very difficult to get here. You have to have extreme back pain or other pain issues and have tried other painkillers first. My mum has terminal cancer and a fractured back from the cancer and the doctor stopped prescribing tramadol because he felt it was doing her more harm than good (the irony!) It really is very hard to get on prescription- I am a member of a disabilities forum and lots of people have recently been taken off of it and are complaining. However she got hold of 300 tablets of it I have no idea.... !