Brit thrown in jail after 'stupid mistake' while celebrating new Turkey teeth

Georgia Harrison, 32, has been locked up in a Turkish jail for six weeks after she admitted to smashing up a hotel room following a boozy night out to celebrate her boyfriend's new teeth
A British woman has been behind bars in a Turkish jail for six week after she trashed a hotel room during a drunken spree to toast her boyfriend's new teeth.
On May 2, Georgia Harrison, 32, along with her beau Arron Tighe, also 32, landed in Antalya, Turkey excited for a week of unwinding, but just four days into their trip, things took a disastrous turn.
The Rochdale duo were knocking back the drinks in high spirits to mark the occasion of Arron bagging himself a set of fresh £2,000 full veneers. However, the revelry took a wild turn back in their hotel suite hours later.
After sobering up and finding they'd smashed their shower to bits, the pair attempted to leg it to the airport in a cab, only to be nicked as they tried fleeing the Lexia Hotel.
Georgia, who cleans for a living, reckons she made 'the worst mistake of my life' that evening by mixing her drink with antipsychotic meds, which caused her to lose consciousness and and 'throw things around' in the room, shattering a full length glass bathroom screen, reports the Daily Star.
Chatting with MailOnline, she confessed: 'It's driving me insane, I feel like I have got no way out of here. I know I did wrong and I regret being so stupid to have damaged the hotel, but I need to get home to my daughter.
"I just feel so weak and I'm getting nowhere, it's killing me. I understand I have done wrong but I'm not a bank robber or a drug smuggler - I made a stupid mistake, I don't even remember doing it, but I have done all I can to fix it."
After their arrest, they allege they were detained in a police cell for days, interrogated without legal representation, and accused of resisting arrest because she wouldn't respond to questions. Subsequently, they were dragged before a judge and prohibited from leaving the country until they settle a £15,000 bill with the hotel.
In dire straits, they reached out to the British Embassy, which was unable to lift the travel ban and suggested they seek legal counsel. They forked out £2,500 for a lawyer who vowed to resolve the issue, yet six weeks on, they remain stranded in Turkey, unable to depart.
Georgia, a mother to 12-year-old Poppy, is distraught as her daughter repeatedly phones to enquire when she'll return home, prompting Georgia to initiate a GoFundMe campaign to cover the costs so she can fly back.
She expressed her anguish: "It's heartbreaking, she doesn't understand why I can't come home. Sometimes I think I'm never going to get back to her."
On her GoFundMe page, Georgia penned: "I feel so ashamed writing this but my daughter needs me and this is my only hope. I feel like giving up but that's not me, yet I also feel so lucky to be alive.
"I put all faith in my lawyer giving him my power of attorney but l'm getting nowhere. I'm losing everything slowly, even my will to live. I just need to get home to my baby and my dog. I don't understand how such a stupid mistake has led me here. It is illegal for them to keep me here and I've no option but to start telling my story."

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