Melissa, 22, has spent three years behind bars in Peru but the British Embassy confirmed she will be able to return to Britain 'very soon'.
These are the first pictures of 'Peru Two' drugs mule Melissa Reid after she was told she'll be able to return home 'very soon'.
Melissa, 22, was seen in handcuffs outside a court in Lima after the British Embassy confirmed she will be expelled from the country in the near future.
Reid is currently on parole in Lima and hopes to serve the remainder of her six-year sentence near to her home, in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire.
Reid’s legal team had applied for a transfer back to the UK under the Prisoner Transfer Agreement which has existed between the UK and Peru since March 7, 2003.
It would have seen her being forced serve out the remainder of her sentence in Scotland.
But a series of strikes and court backlog put pay to the move and left her family seeking other ways to bring her back to the UK.
Earlier this year Peru brought in laws that allowed overseas prisoners to apply for expulsion to help ease chronic overcrowding.
Now following her successful application it means Reid will be deported back to the UK without having to serve anymore time and banned from entering Peru again.
A spokeswoman for the British embassy in Lima said Reid had been "granted expulsion back to the UK", and would be returning "very soon", but refused to comment further.
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