‘LIFE IN TATTERS’

Mum of three says being recalled to jail over bail breach 20 years ago has ruined her life

The mum has lost her job and cannot go back to her home in Tunisia until January

• Julia Atherley, Home Affairs Correspondent

• Published: 22:45, 12 Nov 2024
• Updated: 0:07, 13 Nov 2024

A MUM says being recalled to jail over a bail breach almost 20 years ago — a move criticised by prison inspectors — has ruined her life.

Rebecca Lansari, 44, spent three months in jail earlier this year over a missed probation meeting in 2005 following her release from an 18-month term for cheque fraud.

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In 2013 she met her now husband Hassib Lansari, who is from Tunisia, and moved to the country in north Africa to start a new life.

Her son Luca, 18, daughter Naima, 11, and youngest son Aissa, nine, live there while she flew back and forth to work in the UK where wages are higher.

That changed when her case was flagged in the system and she was stopped in March at Gatwick Airport as a “most wanted” and sent to Bronzefield prison.

The mum has lost her job and cannot go back to Tunisia until January.