The 23-year-old pled not guilty at a trial said to have been held entirely in Arabic. Nevertheless, she was sentenced to a quarter of a century behind bars at Al-Awir Central Prison, a facility previously been described as a ‘hellhole’.

Writing on a since-deleted GoFundMe, Mia’s mother Danielle said: “I haven’t seen my daughter since last October. Mia is only 23 years old and has never done a bad thing in her life.

“This is a young girl, who went to university to do law, and unfortunately got mixed up in the wrong so-called friends and made a very stupid mistake and is now paying the price.”

GoFundMe was forced to take down the fundraiser as it broke rules regarding money being raised to help with the legal defences for certain crimes. In a statement to The Sun, the site explained: “It was removed because it violates Term 9 of the Prohibited Conduct section in our Terms of Service. Term 9 prohibits raising funds on GoFundMe for the legal defence of certain alleged crimes.”

In response, Danielle set up another fundraiser on Facebook, desperately trying to spread the word in a bid to help her daughter get home.

It was via social media that Danielle gave a shock update recently confirming that Mia had been set free.

“Thank you so much everyone, am still in shock, am buzzing, can’t wait to give her the tightest cuddle ever,” the relieved mom wrote.

“She’s coming home, she’s coming home, my baby is coming home.”

At the time of writing, the manner and reasoning behind Mia being released remains unclear. Her mother had been working alongside the campaign group Detained in Dubai to try and appeal the conviction and secure her release.

Mia had been sharing a prison cell with six other women and sleeping on a mattress on the floor. As per the latest, however, it appears that she could well be home in time for Christmas.