Kirsten Dunst is bringing her movie Civil War to the UK!
07.03.2024 - 11:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An American mum ended up in a British jail after being stopped with more than £200,000 worth of cannabis at Manchester Airport. Mother-of-four Sukora Ingram said she’d been offered money to take a suitcase with her.
But when border officials seized the package it was found to contain more than 12 kilos of cannabis. At first she denied all knowledge of the suitcase but ultimately pleaded guilty.
Ingram, 32, who has been diagnosed with cancer, could be deported and reunited with her children in the coming weeks. Prosecutors told how Ingram was stopped at Manchester Airport on Christmas Eve last year after flying in from Paris.
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She had arrived in the French capital two days earlier after arriving from Philadelphia, the court heard. Ingram said she had travelled to Paris to visit her sister.
She claimed that while in France she had received a message on WhatsApp from an unnamed individual who ‘knew she was in financial difficulties’ and said they ‘could help her’. She said she was told to stand in a particular location in Charles de Gaulle airport, where a man approached and handed her a boarding pass and documents for the luggage.
Ingram claimed the first time she saw the suitcase was in Manchester after she was questioned. Prosecutor Constance Halliwell said the Crown disputed aspects of her account, but told a judge it would not affect how they viewed the seriousness of the case. Ingram pleaded guilty to being concerned in the evasion of the prohibition on the importation of class B drugs.
Defending, Mark Friend said Ingram has been in custody in HMP Styal since her arrest. He said she is ‘anxious’ to
Kirsten Dunst is bringing her movie Civil War to the UK!
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, , or dancing , the Emmy and SAG award-winning actor commands attention not just for her superb theatrical talent, but for her charisma, charm, and . was out in full force at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 24, where the beloved Brit was nominated for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series, as well as outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series, for her role as Rebecca Welton on Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.