Woman released after day in prison

A woman who was jailed yesterday was released from prison today, after she paid €7,000. The woman, Concetta Charles, had failed to procure a girl from Pakistan for would-be adoptive parents. She had been ordered to refund the money in a civil suit in 2004. Criminal proceedings for misappropriation were then launched and she was convicted and handed an 18-month suspended jail term. The jail term became effective yesterday after the would-be adoptive parents, Lawrence and Maria-Concetta Grima initiated fresh proceedings where they explained that they had not been given the refund ordered by the court. Ms Charles was released from prison today after she paid the couple the €7,000 she owed them.