A 23-year-old British law student has been sentenced to life in a Dubai prison after making "a very stupid mistake".

The young woman's mother, Danielle McKenna, is pleading for support from the British public to get her daughter out of the 'shocking' situation.

The 46-year-old set up an online fundraiser in order to raise money for travel and legal fees to fight back against her daughter's conviction.

On the fundraiser, Danielle wrote: "Mia has been given a life sentence over in Dubai and she is now in central prison.

"As you can all probably imagine, as her mother I am absolutely devastated. I haven't seen my daughter since last October."

She continued: "Mia is only 23 years old and has never done a bad thing in her life. This is a young girl, who went to university to do law, and

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