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In a stark white cell in Bur Dubai jail, Brooke George\u2019s life has been reduced to court dates, interrogations and desperate phone calls home. Once a John Lewis worker sharing TikToks, she is now painted as a killer after a man she met on Facebook died from a single stab wound. Brooke insists she grabbed the kitchen knife only after being beaten and assaulted, a terrified attempt to survive a night that spiraled into horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her mother clings to the image of a daughter sobbing down the line, one eye swelling shut, pleading to get back to Gravesend. Campaigners argue Brooke is part of a disturbing pattern: young women lured to Dubai with promises of glamour, only to face exploitation, violence and now, in her case, a capital trial. As lawyers fight for evidence to be preserved and for a fair hearing, her family can do nothing but wait, pray, and hope the truth is enough to save her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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