Melissa Reid of the ‘Peru Two’ has been released from prison and is on her way home to the UK.

 

Melissa was jailed in 2013 alongside Michaella McCollum after they were found trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain.

 

 

Michaella, from Co Tyrone, was released in March but remains in Peru on parole.

 

Melissa was escorted by police through Lima airport yesterday shortly after she was released from the Peruvian prison.

 

Stood by her side was her father, Billy who has spent the last three years campaigning for his daughter’s release.

 

Melissa didn’t take any questions from the press as she walked silently through the airport.

 

 

A spokesman from the Peruvian Prison Service said of her release:

 

“I can confirm Melissa has been released from prison and will leave Peru today. She should be at Lima Airport now. I don’t have details of her flight arrangements.”

 

Melissa and Michaella faced up to 15 years in prison but were only sentenced to six years and eight months.

 

The pair were released after three years in prison and there were questions over whether Melissa would serve the remainder of her sentence in a Scottish prison however it is reported that she will land in the UK as a free woman.

 

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