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| Backpacker freed from Indian jail | Backpacker freed from Indian jail |
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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. |
| Knowing that I was innocent and that justice would eventually prevail is one of the things I have clung onto during the past five gruelling years Daisy Angus | Knowing that I was innocent and that justice would eventually prevail is one of the things I have clung onto during the past five gruelling years Daisy Angus |
| Ayaz Khan, her lawyer, said that the High Court reversed the conviction on Thursday and she was released from prison on Sunday afternoon. | Ayaz Khan, her lawyer, said that the High Court reversed the conviction on Thursday and she was released from prison on Sunday afternoon. |
| In a statement, Ms Angus said: "I am over the moon to finally be free. | In a statement, Ms Angus said: "I am over the moon to finally be free. |
| "Knowing that I was innocent and that justice would eventually prevail is one of the things I have clung onto during the past five gruelling years. | "Knowing that I was innocent and that justice would eventually prevail is one of the things I have clung onto during the past five gruelling years. |
| "I could not have got through this without the love and support of my family, especially my mum who has stood by me throughout, working tirelessly to get me out and prove my innocence. | "I could not have got through this without the love and support of my family, especially my mum who has stood by me throughout, working tirelessly to get me out and prove my innocence. |
| "I just haven't been able to stop hugging her since coming out of jail." | "I just haven't been able to stop hugging her since coming out of jail." |
| 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. |
| While the Angus family protested her innocence, her father, John Angus, revealed in an interview with the BBC in 2003 that Daisy knew the man was a drug smuggler and was suspicious of the suitcase from the start. | |
| Her parents made regular prison visits to see Daisy, up until her father'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. |