Bad-back Briton cleared of drug charges

A BRITISH woman who spent eight weeks in a Dubai jail on drug charges was finally cleared yesterday after a court accepted she had taken only medication prescribed by doctors.

Tracy Wilkinson, 43, faced a four-year prison term after a drugs test revealed traces of propoxyphene, temazepam and nordiazepam in her urine.

All three are controlled drugs in the United Arab Emirates and illegal unless prescribed by a doctor.