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A backpacker from the UK who was jailed for 10 years for smuggling cannabis in India has been acquitted.A backpacker from the UK who was jailed for 10 years for smuggling cannabis in India has been acquitted.
Daisy Angus, from Dorset, spent more than four years behind bars despite insisting she had been tricked into carrying drugs through Mumbai airport.Daisy Angus, from Dorset, spent more than four years behind bars despite insisting she had been tricked into carrying drugs through Mumbai airport.
The High Court in Mumbai has now overturned her sentence on appeal, after a lengthy campaign by her family.The High Court in Mumbai has now overturned her sentence on appeal, after a lengthy campaign by her family.
The 26-year-old former fitness instructor from Bournemouth is expected to fly home next week.The 26-year-old former fitness instructor from Bournemouth is expected to fly home next week.
'Wrong judgement'
Ayaz Khan, her lawyer, said that the High Court reversed the conviction on Thursday and she was released from prison on Sunday afternoon.
He said: "Her appeal was allowed. Daisy has been acquitted of all the charges. She has already been released; she was released this afternoon, she is with her family.
"The High Court realised the trial court judgment was wrong and based on the wrong facts.
"She wants to go back to her country."
Ms Angus always insisted she was given the suitcase containing 10kg of cannabis by an Israeli businessman she met in 2002 while on a round-the-world trip.Ms Angus always insisted she was given the suitcase containing 10kg of cannabis by an Israeli businessman she met in 2002 while on a round-the-world trip.
The Angus family have always protested her innocence, with her parents making regular prison visits, up until her father John's death from leukaemia in December 2005.The Angus family have always protested her innocence, with her parents making regular prison visits, up until her father John's death from leukaemia in December 2005.
John and Nadine Angus had worked and lived for five years as volunteers in Mother Teresa's care home in Calcutta, during their daughter's early childhood.John and Nadine Angus had worked and lived for five years as volunteers in Mother Teresa's care home in Calcutta, during their daughter's early childhood.