A notorious TikTok star from Lancashire, who was imprisoned after bragging about claiming UK benefits while living in Thailand, has returned home without her son after being freed from a "hell hole prison".

Ellis Matthews spent more than three months in a Thai immigration detention centre along with her four-year-old son after being detained for overstaying her visa.

In March, the 32-year-old, originally from Bamber Bridge, was arrested following a police raid on the place she was staying in Pattaya.

Ellis, who once featured on reality show Judge Rinder and claimed to have squandered a £6 million fortune, gained more than 16,500 followers on TikTok under the handle '@mumontheruninasia'.

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On the social media account, she op

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