Michaella, Peru and the Drugs Run. RTÉ One, Monday 7 July, 9.35pm

Lapin

From RTÉ

"Michaella, Peru and the Drugs run goes behind the story to explore how a young Irish woman agreed to become a drug mule. In August last year, Michaella McCollum was arrested at Lima International Airport alongside a young Scottish woman, Melissa Reid. After initially claiming they agreed to take the drugs under threat, in December they admitted their guilt and were sentenced to six years, eight months in jail".

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It will be interesting to see how this is handled.

A clip from the film played on radio over the weekend seemed to suggest that there is an attempt to elicit sympathy for the two young women who pleaded guilty to drug smuggling.

Perhaps tonight will give a more balanced viewpoint from the Peruvian side of things rather than just the (understandable) emotional opinion of Michaella's mother and sister.

Perhaps the programme will illustrate how the two young women are serving their time and taking responsibility for their actions.

Atlantic Dawn

Thanks for the reminder, looking forward to see how it is portrayed.

JONJO THE MISER

A silly bimbo more like.

Atlantic Dawn

Hope the licence fee didn't pay for their flights.

JONJO THE MISER

Of course our license payers money paid for them to go on there Jaunt to Peru to visit.

I don't judge her says the sister.....ah come on we all make mistakes but she didn't steal your barbie here love

Atlantic Dawn

Did they ever check her hair for an additional stash?

JONJO THE MISER

Left home at 16, thought she could take on the world.

spear_mint

she got an incredibly harsh sentance , she is doing her time , time people stopped trashing her

JONJO THE MISER

No sorry love we all dont want to be famous.

JONJO THE MISER

spear_mint wrote: »

she got an incredibly harsh sentance , she is doing her time , time people stopped trashing her

Very harsh sentence my eye, if she had tried it on over in Bali or the like, it would be death.

Atlantic Dawn

spear_mint wrote: »

she got an incredibly harsh sentance , she is doing her time , time people stopped trashing her

6 years and 8 months, she will have plenty of her life ahead of her when she's out. Perhaps she could do a TV slot at the airport when she's out to warn of the dangers of drug smuggling.

RayM

Ibiza looks like my idea of hell. I think I'd prefer a Peruvian jail, to be honest.

Atlantic Dawn

The owner of the Amsterdam Bar looks like he runs a tight ship.

tommyboy2222

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The owner of the Amsterdam Bar looks like he runs a tight ship.

Looks older than his 28 years.

spear_mint

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

6 years and 8 months, she will have plenty of her life ahead of her when she's out. Perhaps she could do a TV slot at the airport when she's out to warn of the dangers of drug smuggling.

its an incredibly harsh sentance , most man slaughter sentances are shorter in this country, peru used her as a warning to others but jailing her is like jailing the guy on the corner instead of going after the kingpin who imports millions of gear

Lapin

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The owner of the Amsterdam Bar looks like he runs a tight ship.

I'd believe him before I'd believe Michaella's version of events.

HeidiHeidi

Have to say I feel incredibly sorry for her family, esp her mother.

Lapin

spear_mint wrote: »

its an incredibly harsh sentance , most man slaughter sentances are shorter in this country, peru used her as a warning to others but jailing her is like jailing the guy on the corner instead of going after the kingpin who imports millions of gear

I actually agree with a lot of that but comparing sentences for drug smugglers in one country with manslaughteres in another is pointless.

JONJO THE MISER

spear_mint wrote: »

peru used her as a warning to others but jailing her is like jailing the guy on the corner instead of going after the kingpin who imports millions of gear

Are you serious? You do understand that they lock up a couple of hundred of european women every year doing this.
They didnt use it as a warning, she is just 1 person in a long list that they have in prison over there and they dont give a **** nor should they.

Atlantic Dawn

spear_mint wrote: »

its an incredibly harsh sentance , most man slaughter sentances are shorter in this country, peru used her as a warning to others but jailing her is like jailing the guy on the corner instead of going after the kingpin who imports millions of gear

She was lucky it wasn't one of these countries that she decided to smuggle from...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_drug_trafficking

spear_mint

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Have to say I feel incredibly sorry for her family, esp her mother.

from reading this thread , you would think she broke into an elderly person home , tied them to a chair and beat them until they handed over cash , those who have committed those kind of crimes have received lighter sentances than this young ( naive ) lady

Lapin

"Where's Peru ?"

They didn't grow up on Paddington Bear stories anyway.

keith16

Never heard of Lima. Incredible.

spear_mint

Lapin wrote: »

I actually agree with a lot of that but comparing sentences for drug smugglers in one country with manslaughteres in another is pointless.

using that arguement , you could defend the amputation of limbs in saudi arabia

" well thats how they punish crime over there "

JONJO THE MISER

The sister seems as thick and naive as her.

punisher5112

Anyone caught using, selling and importing especcially the drug lords should be dealt harshly.

I hate anyone and anything to do with drugs.

Who leaves home at 16 these accounts all seem very weird they're going on about.


All I keep hearing is mommy mommy, mummy mummy

Did someone have a gun to her head:rolleyes:

Why was her mummy as they keep saying... keep funding her

spear_mint

this " boyfriend " seems like a slimeball

RebelScorned

spear_mint wrote: »

its an incredibly harsh sentance , most man slaughter sentances are shorter in this country, peru used her as a warning to others but jailing her is like jailing the guy on the corner instead of going after the kingpin who imports millions of gear

She got what she deserved. I don't sympathise and have never sympathised with her in the slightest. She did a stupid thing willingly, she got caught, and now she has to serve a sentence. Interested to see how this show will pan out...

spear_mint

punisher5112 wrote: »

Anyone caught using, selling and importing especcially the drug lords should be dealt harshly.

I hate anyone and anything to do with drugs.

Who leaves home at 16 these accounts all seem very weird they're going on about.


All I keep hearing is mommy mommy, mummy mummy

Did someone have a gun to her head:rolleyes:

Why was her mummy as they keep saying... keep funding her

folk in northern ireland use the term " mummy and daddy " all the time , i know women in their thirties ( who are married to friends of mine ) from belfast who do , educated women

Atlantic Dawn

punisher5112

spear_mint wrote: »

folk in northern ireland use the term " mummy and daddy " all the time , i know women in their thirties ( who are married to friends of mine ) from belfast who do , educated women

Thanks for clearing that up:D

spear_mint

RebelScorned wrote: »

She got what she deserved. I don't sympathise and have never sympathised with her in the slightest. She did a stupid thing willingly, she got caught, and now she has to serve a sentence. Interested to see how this show will pan out...

she had to serve a sentance , i dont think she should have gotten off scott free , im saying on merit , the sentance was extremely harsh

woejus

punisher5112 wrote: »

Anyone caught using, selling and importing especcially the drug lords should be dealt harshly.

I hate anyone and anything to do with drugs.

Who leaves home at 16 these accounts all seem very weird they're going on about.


All I keep hearing is mommy mommy, mummy mummy

Did someone have a gun to her head:rolleyes:

Why was her mummy as they keep saying... keep funding her

You must hate having to walk to work past all those pubs and shops selling smokes so. How many drug lords did Michaela import? Six I think it was

Lady Chatterton

I wonder why her brother isn't taking part in the programme????

Lapin

spear_mint wrote: »

using that arguement , you could defend the amputation of limbs in saudi arabia

" well thats how they punish crime over there "

I wouldn't defend it but then, I wouldn't go shoplifting in Saudi Arabia either.

Atlantic Dawn

Are the family making arrangements to pay back the half dozen or so idiots that contributed to her defence fund?

punisher5112

woejus wrote: »

You must hate having to walk to work past all those pubs and shops selling smokes so. How many drug lords did Michaela import? Six I think it was

I fly to work.

I fully understand the argument drink and smokes are drugs but at that there is enough we don't need all this other crap that is destroying many many lives.

I've enough of it..switched over the the lance Armstrong documentary!!

woejus

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Are the family making arrangements to pay back the half dozen or so idiots that contributed to her defence fund?

I think they'll all get an eighth back

tommyboy2222

Their little princess can do no wrong.

Lapin

spear_mint wrote: »

she had to serve a sentance , i dont think she should have gotten off scott free , im saying on merit , the sentance was extremely harsh

On merit, I think it was relatively fair.

Think of the lives destroyed by drug abuse and addiction and it almost seems lenient.

Furthermore, if they came clean in the first place without concocting that cock and bull about they're lives being in danger, the sentence would more than likely been less.

HeidiHeidi

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

Their little princess can do no wrong.

In fairness, is that not what families (especially mothers) are for?

Harry Angstrom

There always seems to be this silly ridiculous idea that anybody who's Irish can't possibly be guilty of any crimes committed abroad, and that it must be a "stitch-up". I remember Joe Duffy was cheerleading for Michaella's release shortly after she was arrested. Eejit.

Kevcol

I don't really like the sisters attitude. She doesn't even know what actually happened. Not that she forgives her sister, she just doesn't care what she did.

punisher5112

3 strike rule should be brought in.

Drugs should hold a very high year sentence and Murder in Ireland should be minimum 30 years

Attempted murder 20

Prisoners should be made work and contribute to their upkeep.

Food and basic essentials should be the only things they get.
Bread and water for serious offenders.

tommyboy2222

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

In fairness, is that not what families (especially mothers) are for?

To a certain extent yes but the sister doesn't seem to care that she was trafficking drugs.

Harry Angstrom

She should've stuck to Joe Spoon's.

JONJO THE MISER

Kevcol wrote: »

I don't really like the sisters attitude. She doesn't even know what actually happened. Not that she forgives her sister, she just doesn't care what she did.

A few cans short of a 6-pack id say.

Atlantic Dawn

1kg of cocaine in Peru costs less than $1000, the 11kg that the bought would have cost around $11000 to purchase. I find it hard to believe it would be a South American drugs cartel involved in such a trivial transaction.

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/peruvian-cocaine-best-value-for-traffickers-bolivia-police

punisher5112

One lesson here DO NOT SMUGGLE DRUGS or have anything to do with them.