Nurse's mother flies out to Saudi prison
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Your support makes all the difference.The mother of one of the British nurses accused of murder in Saudi Arabia was flying last night to visit her daughter and "hold her".
Ann McLauchlan, 50, said she was preparing to join Sandra and Jonathan Ashbee, the sister and brother-in-law of her daughter Lucille's co-accused Deborah Parry, for the flight.
The British women could be publicly beheaded if they are found guilty of murdering their Australian colleague Yvonne Gilford last December.
Mrs McLauchlan, from Dundee, said: "I can hardly wait to see Lucille, I am so looking forward to holding her.
"We are going out there with the same message of love and support we always take with us."
She will check out speculation that the British women have already been found guilty and their case referred to a higher court.
Mrs McLauchlan (pictured) said: "When we are out there we will hopefully find out what's going on with the case against them. I can't call it a trial because there has not been one.
She said that the families were hoping to meet with the British ambassador to discuss the women's conditions in Dammam Central Prison, where they have been held since December.
A doctor visited the nurses at the request of the Foreign Office "to check that they are OK", according to British embassy spokesman Alex Brown.
The doctor "might pass the report to prison authorities if he thinks there's a case for moving them to a hospital", he added.
The judges hearing the case have adjourned to consider a verdict.
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