My pregnant teen toasts bread over a candle flame in Georgian prison, mum says
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Rustavi 2 Bella Culley, pictured at a previous hearing at Tbilisi City Court, is facing two years in jail
A British teenager - eight months pregnant and charged with drugs smuggling - is awaiting sentencing in prison in Georgia, South Caucasus. A payment of £137,000 by her family will reduce her sentence but what are the days like for Bella Culley, incarcerated 2,600 miles (4,180km) from home?
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Bella Culley's mother reveals her daughter - now 35 weeks pregnant - has been transferred to a prison "mother and baby" unit. This marks a significant change for the 19-year-old after five months in a cell in Georgia's Rustavi Prison Number Five, with only a hole in the ground for a toilet, one hour of fresh air daily, and communal showers twice a week. Lyanne Kennedy says her daughter has been boiling pasta in a kettle and toasting bread over a candle flame
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