Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 5
In 2013, Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland and Melissa Reid from Scotland were caught at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain. The pair, also known as the `Peru Two,' were sentenced to almost seven years in one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The series provides a first-hand account from Michaella, a former club hos...
Aged 19 and bored of where she grew up, Michaella craved sun and adventure. But her dream turned into a nightmare as she fell into an illicit world of drugs and excess.
Air Date : 2021-07-05
Michaella tells the story of finding herself 5,000 miles from home in Peru, pretending to be a tourist at Machu Picchu, then walking 12kg of cocaine into an airport.
Air Date : 2021-07-08
Michaella describes how she walked into Lima airport with a suitcase full of cocaine, hoping that everything she had been told about how easy it would be was true.
Air Date : 2021-07-12
Michaella describes the dilemma she faced: stick to her story about being forced to carry the drugs and face 15 years in jail, or come clean and break her mother’s heart.
Air Date : 2021-07-13
Despite being sentenced to nearly seven years in a maximum security prison, Michaella was home in less than three. She reveals how she got out and how prison changed her for the better.
Air Date : 2021-07-14