British woman jailed in Egypt Laura Plummer's appeal to be held at 'end of the year'.
Hull woman Laura Plummer will stay locked up in an Egyptian jail for another several months after her family revealed her appeal is not until the end of 2018.
Her sister, Jayne Synclair, said: "We do have the appeal date and it is at the end of this year, we are hoping for full acquittal. We did try get the date brought forward but apparently the Egyptian judiciary system shuts down for a few months in the summer."
Last month, Laura’s mum Roberta Synclair said her daughter looked like “a corpse in make-up” as footage emerged showing Laura sitting through a Holy Communion service at Easter Mass.
Now, Laura’s nightmare is set to continue after her sister Rachel Plummer revealed that her appeal will not be for several months. She posted: “Her appeal is end of the year, we still hope it can be sooner.”
It came after Laura’s other sister, Jayne, wrote on Facebook: “She had a visit from Omar on Monday, she said she was ‘OK’.
“Very happy to see him and looking forward to our visit in two weeks.
"Laura is trying so hard to stay positive and counting down the days to her appeal (as are we), hoping for a full acquittal and deportation.”
According to Roberta, Laura is constantly crying and living on a daily diet of bread and water which has caused the remarkable change in her daughter’s appearance.
She said Laura has forgotten what it’s like to fall asleep in the dark as the lights never get switched off and that Laura is always accompanies by a guard whenever she leaves her cell. She is also reportedly living in solitude as she is forbidden from talking to other inmates.
“She’s shock-white and her face is all puffy from crying. It’s destroying me to see her like this. I’m dying inside and we, her family, are serving the sentence with her.”
Speaking last month, Robert said: She’s dead. You can see it in her eyes. There’s nothing left of her — no sparkle, nothing.
“She’s shock-white and her face is all puffy from crying. It’s destroying me to see her like this. I’m dying inside and we, her family, are serving the sentence with her.”
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