On trial for painkillers

A BRITISH woman who could face the death penalty for taking painkillers into Egypt had her case adjourned because she was too upset to speak.

Laura Plummer, 33, was said to be “unrecognisable” and in tears after 10 weeks in a cell without a bed.

The shop worker is accused of taking 290 tramadol tablets into Egypt in her suitcase. Her family said the medicine was for her Egyptian partner, who has severe back pain.

The judge adjourned the case for a day because of her exhausted state.