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To not feel very sorry for woman stuck in Turkey.

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Viviennemary · 20/06/2025 09:17

I was reading about a woman stuck in Turkey. She was there with her partner who was having teeth implants. So they got drunk and she fell against the glasss shower screen in the hotel. And it smashed. So they did a runner. Police chase. Got caught put in jail. Told they owed £15k or else. Sad face. Hmm. Though it does seem very steep for a shower screen.

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TwilightZoneRose · 20/06/2025 18:16

FrenchandSaunders · 20/06/2025 09:35

Those teeth 😮😂... why do people do this!

The teeth look stupid

VIOLETPUGH · 20/06/2025 18:17

Look at the state of her, more nterested in silly lips, ridiculous teeth, and god knows what other fakery, thhan being a decent human. She got what she deserved.

Pandimoanymum · 20/06/2025 18:18

Haven't read the article but having seen the accompanying photo, I'm thinking having to live the rest of your life with those ridiculous teeth and lips is a punishment in itself

kkloo · 20/06/2025 18:20

Bruisername · 20/06/2025 18:00

What about the boyfriend’s state of mind? He’s still out there too isn’t he

I don't think he is. He's not mentioned at all beyond what happened at the start

Bruisername · 20/06/2025 18:24

The dm article implies he too was charged and put in jail and is liable for the 15k though

Grammarnut · 20/06/2025 18:27

doodleschnoodle · 20/06/2025 09:23

Classic chavs abroad really.

Why do you assume they're chavs (which is an acronym meaning council house and violent, apparently - sounds USian to me)? They got drunk. People do. For all we know they are professional people and she is on MN reading this lot.
How one falls against a shower screen I know not, but the obviousl thing is to immediately report it, not run away.
I don't feel sorry for idiots but 15k sounds like a scam. How much to shower screens cost, even in Turkey?

CanelliniBeans · 20/06/2025 18:28

VWT5 · 20/06/2025 10:05

I really wish in UK we could have a very active No Fly List - to absolutely refuse flights out of UK for people who have behaved like this. One incident - and you go on the list, that’s it.

Sorry, but have had a good number of depressing first hand experiences, been impacted myself and watched others adversely affected by Brits behaving shockingly like this and specifically in Turkey.

Been on an aircraft where the Captain has refused to take off with some Brits until they are offloaded, Brits threatening the aircraft will “go down”, Brits being physically removed from hotels, Turkish staff in high-end hotels looking on in astonishment at situations they say they have never seen before and so on and so on

I think we should be encouraging them to leave the UK. And not return.

tammienorrie · 20/06/2025 18:29

Why do you assume they're chavs (which is an acronym meaning council house and violent, apparently - sounds USian to me)?

No, it's not an acronym, and why would there be a American acronym about council houses when they don't have council houses?

All this faux "oh but how do you know they are chavs" - read the article, look at the images, read her go fund me. It's blindingly obvious.

Bruisername · 20/06/2025 18:30

He’s still there then. That article is clearer on what happened tbh

PeachyPeachTrees · 20/06/2025 18:32

6 weeks off work probably means she's got no job to come home to. She's just getting into a deeper hole. Is she even capable of looking after her daughter?

MarySueSaidBoo · 20/06/2025 18:32

What sort of person buys flights AND tickets for a ferry to Greece when their passports have been tagged.........did she honestly think she'd get away with sneaking out the country?! No wonder the £7.5k is disappearing at a rate of knots. And now she can't get home at all.

It's her DD I feel the most sorry for. How embarrassing for her. This will be all round her school and local social media.

Bruisername · 20/06/2025 18:32

It was more than just a shower screen. She’s downplaying it

NowWhatUsernameShallIHave · 20/06/2025 18:33

Maybe they could use their teeth as bathroom tiles?!! 😆😆😆

Sandy420 · 20/06/2025 18:35
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Oh they are beauties!

CanelliniBeans · 20/06/2025 18:36

I respect the Turkish authorities for taking a stand on this. In the UK there would be no real consequences and she’d continue receiving benefits while the hotel bore the costs.

Birdsinginginthetrees · 20/06/2025 18:38

wizzywig · 20/06/2025 09:21

I've only read your description of whats happened. It's pure British comedy isn't it

Whats that supposed to mean?

Aniceempirebiscuitandacupoftea · 20/06/2025 18:38

Nice gnashers …….not!!

RonniePickering · 20/06/2025 18:44

Pictishblue · 20/06/2025 16:10

She's mixed race, probably West Indian or Caribbean.

She isn’t, she’s white 🤔

grumpygrape · 20/06/2025 18:46

RonniePickering · 20/06/2025 18:44

She isn’t, she’s white 🤔

Does it matter either way ? She presumably has a British Passport.

RonniePickering · 20/06/2025 18:46

grumpygrape · 20/06/2025 18:46

Does it matter either way ? She presumably has a British Passport.

It doesn’t matter, no, just an odd thing to state 🤷🏼‍♀️

C36M · 20/06/2025 18:47

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grumpygrape · 20/06/2025 18:49

RonniePickering · 20/06/2025 18:46

It doesn’t matter, no, just an odd thing to state 🤷🏼‍♀️

Yes, sorry, it wasn't you I was querying but @Pictishblue

Bruisername · 20/06/2025 18:51

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Well I think she does as she’s trying to raise money!!!

GiveDogBone · 20/06/2025 18:57

Quite frankly I would imagine her daughter is better off without her. Leaving a 12 year old so you can accompany your boyfriend to get his teeth done tells you all you need to know about her parental abilities (and that’s before you get to the rest of her behaviour)