She now Knows what it’s like to be an indigenous person in Australia that has no money to engage a lawyer having committed a misdemeanor (ODT)

The Swedish national who lives in Kent, England, had accepted a complimentary glass of wine served with her meal on the Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai.

Upon being detained, she and her daughter were held in a “baking hot and foul smelling” airport detention centre and not allowed to call her husband. Speaking to the MailOnline, Holman said: “So far this situation has cost me around £30,000 in legal fees, expenses and missed work. All our savings have gone.”She was released on bail and told her passport would remain confiscated until the case was concluded.’My passport remains confiscated until the case is settled, which I have been told will take at least a year,’ she said.

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