Kriz1
12-03-2007, 05:23 PM
A British teacher who was jailed in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Muhammad has begun her journey home after being freed.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was freed after eight days in custody. She had been given a 15-day jail term.
She is flying back to the UK via Dubai. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir pardoned her after talks with two British Muslim peers.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the teacher was "elated" to be free.
She is expected to land in the UK on Tuesday morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7125572.stm
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was freed after eight days in custody. She had been given a 15-day jail term.
She is flying back to the UK via Dubai. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir pardoned her after talks with two British Muslim peers.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the teacher was "elated" to be free.
She is expected to land in the UK on Tuesday morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7125572.stm