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Western Cape family fights for justice: Our daughter is in a Thai jail even though her ex confessed to the crime

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Ashley Oosthuizen is now facing life in prison after she was convicted of drug possession and international drug trafficking. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Ashley Oosthuizen is now facing life in prison after she was convicted of drug possession and international drug trafficking. (PHOTO: Supplied)

It was meant to be the adventure of a lifetime – travelling to an exotic country, living and working there and meeting new and interesting people.

Ashley Oosthuizen, who’d just turned 19, had matriculated with several distinctions from Hoërskool Outeniqua in George in the Western Cape and planned to teach English to Thai children.

Her dream came true – but after falling for an older American man she ended up being sentenced to life in prison and is now sharing a cell with more than 60 convicts.

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