Pregnant woman could serve sentence in Britain

A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos could be transferred to Britain to serve her sentence if she’s convicted under an agreement signed between the United Kingdom and Laos.



Samantha Orobator has been jailed in Laos since August on a drug charge.



She was arrested at the Vientiane airport and is being accused of carrying about a half-kilogram of heroin.



British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell met Laotian Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Thursday in London to discuss the case and sign a prisoner transfer agreement between the two countries.



The drug charge can carry the death penalty in Laos, but Laotian officials have said Orobator would escape the sentence because the country\'s criminal code prevents the execution of pregnant women.