A Welsh woman has finally arrived back in the UK after having a 10-year drug sentence overturned.
Primary school teacher Sara Assayed was wrongfully convicted of drugs offences following a "sham" trial in Kuwait. that lasted a mere 30 minutes.
Her guilty verdict - which came with a 10 year jail term - was eventually overturned but the 35-year-old remained in prison until this week.
After a two-year-long battle, Sara Assayed from Barry was finally able to embrace her mother, Helen, as she landed back on British soil on Friday morning.
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Her sister Sheree, who had launched a petition to get her home, said: "We're just relieved that she's home, she's safe, she's among us.
"We're extremely happy. We knew we were not going to stop until we got her out.
"We're so relieved that we don't have to wait for her next phone call to hear her voice and how stressful it is inside and how her mental health is deteriorating and not have answers for her for why she's not out yet.
"We don't have to wake up every day and face the world, act normal when every moment of the day our thoughts are about her situation and what she's going through.
"We just want to take this time as a family to enjoy having her home and the little things over the last two years that we have missed with her."
Sara, 35, was arrested in 2019 while driving home from teaching in Kuwait. She was charged with a drug offence and held in prison for months before eventually being released on bail until her trial.
Her "sham" trial lasted no longer than 30 minutes and the primary school teacher wasn't allowed to speak for herself or call a witness. Eventually, the family managed to get the convictionoverturned, however, Sara was put back in prison until she could be deported.
Sara remained in isolation in prison for weeks while her family pleaded with the UK Government and British Embassy in Kuwait to assist her travel home, however, neither would take responsibility for the paperwork.
Sara's family launched a petition insisting the government take responsibility for her case, and finally managed to make some headway.
On Wednesday they were finally informed that she would be deported and arrive back in the UK shortly.
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