I Survived A 3 Day Gang War In South American Prison | Minutes With |
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- This week we spoke to Natalie Welsh, who told us about her drug addiction, how she became a drug mule and was sentenced to 10 years in Venezuelan prison, and how her life unfolded afterwards.
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You can get Natalie's book here:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912885085/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_YR2JDTKJ01RVAVJ5CAZY
And follow her on Instagram here:
instagram.com/nataliew3lsh
she was set up to fail... this would never have happened if church had not fired her
She's a hardened, unrepentant, re-offending, criminal
@andrew52x
I mean...
Hitler wrote a book.
Anyone can write one.
You can either read it or not.
Or write a whiny comment.
@andrew52x sounds like you're mad 😂
@andrew52x who said it was about just drugs. Maybe it details her life before, her relationship with her child, the history of South America, the impact that drugs have, lessons learnt etc. You have no idea. How about you just not buy it. You literally sat there and listened to her...💀💀 so...???
Absolutely phenomenal story, really goes to show how a lack of guidance, love and security can drastically set the path a person takes. Natalie does not seem like a criminal, but her vulnerabilities put her in this situation. Thankyou for sharing your story.
Michael--i agree.. and the social conditions should be put on trial.. for example-why was she given a 10 year sentence for drugs.?.. . before 1914-all were legal,and the country did not collapse... .. in fact,cocaine was once an ingredient of coca cola and cough syrups..all drugs should be legalized for adults only,of course] and regulated.
@@Red-ki4tk What does fulla hella shet mean? Just curious
@@lifeshort probably some slang used by ppl living on the doll...
@@lifeshort I know that your just playing around when you ask that question but if not it means a lot of Bull S*** that goes on
@@jasminbest9818 I genuinely didn't know. Thanks for explaining
What I wonder about is how is her daughter doing and how did she feel going through all this. These stories are always heartbreaking, but when it involves a child like this so closely, you've got to wonder how was the kid handling all of this, too. I feel so sorry for this woman, it's visible she hasn't quite healed from everything that happened to her and every moment of her life still stings.
Stories like these can save lives, thank you very much for having the courage to speak about these things publicly and possibly persaude people on the verge of becoming addicted to wake up and get their life together before it's too late.
You really think that people stop becoming addicted to drugs, because someone got caught somewhere else?
Drugs aren't taken for that anyway. It isn't a bunch of people saying "This is cool" which enticed someone who uses drugs.
There are a plethora of reasons. But I'm sure that that one is rarer than catching haggis.
@@e4r0r4 bro I was addicted to meth for 2 years I started when I was 15 its been one year since I'm clean
@@zaffaraman2355 Respect Zaffar.
KEEP AT IT.
Remember bro, we can end up supplying our addictive personality, with all kinds of things when we give up the dr^gs.
Sugar is one we all miss early on. Mixed with the habits of a class A user. That no longer does anything. Except sit around all day. Just basically mentally recuperating. Because believe me as you know. The things these powders do to our minds. It's a wonder we all don't flip our lids more than it actually happens.
@@e4r0r4 lmao you was off the powder when you wrote this mate
This is just shows you exactly why people who offend can't get out because they are never given the opportunity to..... If you can't work because of your criminal record your just gonna do what you know
Well said.
Well, if he thought before writing a book that advertised her criminal record then she wouldn't have lost her job. I feel for her but only she's responsible for that error
The guy probably told her the truth. The guardia were in on it, but they sacrificed her to let an even bigger shipment through. The whole thing was planned from beginning to end. It happens all the time. You just take a gamble on whether or not they gave you the biggest shipment.
James-i believe in some sort of judgement in the afterlife[maybe you do too]. those drug dealers who set her up at the airport will face a severe punishment.
exactly what i thought
@@johnmoran4323 I believe karma will do it’s thing with time
Ah this one makes more sense. I was wondering if she had changed suitcases (to have no drugs), would they still have singled her out? If your theory is correct, then yes, but she wouldn't have got in trouble.
Afterlife and judgement. Unfortunately that is just a fairytale
I feel so sorry for her. Used and abused all the way to being locked in a South American hell hole. I wish you all the best going forward.
DJY-me too.. the thing is that the war on drugs is a failed,very harmful[to society[policy .. and should be immediately halted.. all drugs should be legalized[for adults only ,of course] and regulated this was so before 1914--and the country did not collape-despite the fact that there was little regulation.
Loool it's just a hell hole. Not a South American one.
@@Laura-sg6ss right? No need for the distinction
@@Laura-sg6ss South American hell hole much different to a British hell hole.
American prisons are far worse than south American ones
I am originally from Venezuela, and as soon as she said she was jailed over there, I knew right away she was in trouble. It’s an absolute horror what Venezuelan prisoners go through. Even though I’ve never been in prison, being from Venezuela gives me a fair understanding of your situation here. And it’s scary 😢
I'm from Venezuela, and the moment she said she was caught by the guard at the airport, I said she was screwed. Unfortunately justice in the country doesn't work, there are laws but they are not applied, the judicial system is corrupt. The prisons in Venezuela are another world, the stories you hear are just too crazy, to survive in them the families of the prisoners have to pay a lot of money to avoid being killed by the gangs that lead inside the prisons, the food and even the space where they sleep, she was very lucky to have scaped.I'm not saying it's the right thing to do because at the end of the day she committed a crime, but it was possible for her to end up dead.
would you be scared?
@@johnmurray3498 I don't understand your question, be scared of what?
@@anaelyscastillo3789 My partner's Colombian. He was shocked the Cartel let her go alive.
Drug laws create criminals
Good luck Natalie!, I hope you and your daughter the best.
This was really touching and made me sad.
My brother got caught in drugs and eventually lost his life beacause of them. It hurts me every day.
I´m so glad you got out in time and could reunite with your daughter.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your brother. I know that pain.
Yes, I also lost my brother to that dark and sickening world. I wish I could have saved him but I was too far gone myself.
@andrew52x maybe a spliff to calm down Andy?
Fantastic interview Natalie congratulations on your book Escape from Venezuela's deadliest prison and podcasts also called Escape from Venezuela's deadliest prison parts 1 & 2
What is her podcast called?
@@jessiimamii5113 Escape from Venezuela's deadliest prison parts 1 & 2
Thanks Sean, thanks for all for your help and support in getting me back on this journey of sharing my story.
Highly recommended for anyone who hasn’t read, thanks for your sharing your story Natalie
Shaun when is your story becoming a film or tv show
Great content guys, love these longform interviews, keep em coming!
I just saw your story on TV " Banged up abroad" and then this just popped out on my feed. Amazing story girl. You are a real survivor. Wishing you and Nikkita the very best.
If only people understood that a persons childhood is often the cause of how people end up in a life of crime and addiction. It’s so sad, she never deserved this life and that disgusting predator ‘social worker’ should be in prison and not allowed to go near young people. These childrens homes attract every predator there is. Respect to her for coming through and being able to talk so eloquently. That first prison was actually the epitome of hell on earth.
She was probably used as bait to let the big shipment pass. Heartbreaking story but a strong woman
What a horrid way to find out how the world works, I'm so sorry this happened to you, it must be so frustrating being charged and seeing more corruption going on from those imprisoning you. I hope you have rebuilt your life
Thank you Natalie for sharing very personal struggles and adversities you’ve endured.
I’m grateful you pulled through an inconceivable situation and found light in your life again.
Much love and respect! 💜
Wow, I am lost for words. Thank you for sharing your story ❤
when she lost her clerical job why didn't she just get a minimum wage job with an a employment agency to pay the mortgage, bills and put food on the table until she found something better and the book came off? wtf
I thought that. It can be really difficult to get a job when you've been fired from the last one I suppose. Plus she may have just felt so fed up with the system letting her down after all that hard work that she just gave up on the idea of doing it all again, and thought being a small time dealer to mostly her friends wouldn't get her caught. Idk? It is pretty shocking that she took the risk after everything she'd been through.
So brave, telling this story. Stay strong and keep being posititve. It radiates 🙂
You will be soap
Such a sad sad story, would like to hear her daughters side of the story.
I could listen to her speak all day. She's amazing.
What a story! I was sad to hear that the system was not able to support you! We're rooting for you! I'll love to buy your book. Wishing you all the best.x
Lad Bible have pinned a comment with a link to her book on Amazon. If you'd prefer to get it elsewhere, though, her name is Natalie Welsh.
Hope that helps 💕
Im also going to by the book on audible, hope it helps Natalie in some small way
Thank you for sharing your story! Unbelievable how this woman survive that environment...
Wow great story big respect to you and Jose for helping you be free again stay safe big respect thanks for sharing this great story
Deep story,haven't read Natalie's book yet but seen her on shaun attwoods podcast, my friend was also jailed in Venezuela in 1996, respect Natalie for surviving
Thank you for sharing your story with the world. To see you now, having come out the other side of some truely horrific ordeals, is amazing. You are an inspiration, a true warrior. I am so pleased you have your daughter back now. A stronger bond than ever before. I am so sorry for your past and the abuse you suffered growing up. This was responsible for your choices. You have had so much horrendous life experience, and horrific battles, yet you have fought through it all and won the war. I hope that from now on your life runs smoother, that there are no more bumps in the road to your successes. I pray that your life will be abundant in everything you and your children need. That you will never be in a situation again where you feel you have only one choice. That now you can believe in yourself, your strength and capability to make happen; whatever you want out of the rest of your life. I am in awe of you. You are beautiful, amazing and have the strength of a lioness. I would love to buy your book. I might have missed it on the video. Please could you tell me the name of the book and the author name so i can read your story in full. Sending lots of love. From Judi xx
When she said she feels really fortunate for her life now it gave me chills she has certainly earned her peace and happiness in life ❤
Talked to her over facebook! Amazing story, Natalie keep doing the next right thing.
What next right thing? She dyed her hair and works as a carnie. So keep doing that?
I feel sad for her but I feel worse for her daughter ❤️
@31:30 - the only thing unfair about the situation is that you chose to abandon you kids for a SECOND time.
Also, when you escape a South American prison after smuggling 6 kilos of blow, don't expect decent society and employers to embrace you when you write a book about it and go on a media tour.
When she got back to the UK, she fucked up ans started blaming other. When she said she was set up to fail, even though if she never went on media, she wouldn't have loat her job
Sending love to Natalie and her family ❤️❤️❤️
Moral of the story is when you get away with escaping prison don’t go bragging and write a book about it.
or start selling drugs again….
She should have remained an anonymous author and stuff. She should have never been in prison in the first place.
@@jackos944 She was broke, homeless, and had a child. The council refused to help her. She had been fired for no good reason. Considering her past as well she must have been feeling horrible, hopeless, and abused. Selling drugs is not bad anyway.
@@hmalik5232 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@hmalik5232 bruh
You are so bloody strong, wish you and your daughter nothing but happiness
i would like to know how she get Nikita back and also if she is still with Jose, i would love to see another episode with her!
What happened to her daughter? She's in the airport with her daughter and drugs, they arrest her... what happened to her daughter?
Just read her book...what a book! Tells you everrything in there
There is no reward for getting yourself away from drugs. There is no prize for being a decent person and respecting the law. One of the hardest things is being reminded of where you’ve come from. Other people always drag you back to it and define you by it. So for you to define yourself however you please, that’s brilliant. Well done, Natalie. Keep your focus on what you want for yourself.
I have so many questions about this:
* Where was her daughter the whole time she was in prison(s)
* How and when were they reunited
* If she had such a really, REALLY well paying job, why wasn't she saving some of that money? If she was paying £700/month in taxes, she was earning A LOT of money!
* If she had such a really, REALLY well paying job prior to working for the clergy, why couldn't she find, or at least try and find, another reasonably well paying job to keep a roof over her head?
* What the hell happened to José?
* Who is the other child - "homeless on the streets with my kidS"!?.....
The system didn't screw you over - you had a great opportunity when you came back to the UK and you blew it. 🤷🏻♀️🙄
The amount of victim blaming comments from people who clearly have not gone through child sexual abuse is disgusting.
I was tortured as a child. My brain developed with abuse. I know exactly how it feels to be so desperate to get away from the trauma that you will do whatever it takes. And she was 16! That’s when it started. That’s a freaking child. A child had a child with a predator then was targeted by more predators. I was so vulnerable when I was a teen, I could have easily been kidnapped. I even met a man from online when I was 15 because I had the mind of a 10 year old, and I did not understand the danger since I was used to grown men looking at me. I thankfully met him in person and left because he scared me. And he luckily did not follow me. But literally that’s how a child gets roped into drugs and prostitution. (I was not sexually actively but just saying that she is not just some privileged whiner).
She was fucking raped as a child. She’s a survivor. She’s strong. She’s resilient. We all are. And we uplift one another. People without compassion can go somewhere else.
Thank you so much for sharing your story and making this point. Its unbelievable how some people are able to judge others who openly share their stories, horrible, horrible stories, and these ppl still have the nerves to blame them for decisions they made when its all too clear they were completely vulnerable in these situations. I feel so bad for humankind sometimes.
You sound as vile as her, with absolute no accountability for choices made
@@blumensekte 🤣😂🤣😂
@@trentcruise3084 you seem like a perfect example 🥰
Hey man
Remember this is youtube....don't worry about what some key board warrior is saying
The strength of this woman is inspirational. What an amazing woman.
truly amazing story truly amazing story telling
What an amazing story. There should be a film made about this. I never expected so many plot twists in the space of half an hour. And what an amazing woman. This is truly one of the most enthralling 30 minutes of television I’ve ever watched in my entire life. Absolutely outstanding. ❤️ 🙏🏼
There is a book escap from a venuzela prison by Natalie welsh
Its on Amazon and Shawn Attwood podcast
I was with her up until she started selling drugs for the second time, claiming it felt unfair not only to be back in prison, but that the government itself had set her up to fail. The UK is incredibly generous in the benefits it provides in the first place, hence why she wanted to come back. She had her chance at a new life and blew it - going back to selling drugs isn't the default option. It was a tough situation, but you'd have to be pretty dumb to not consider that there'd be potential consequences from publishing a book on avoiding prison whilst still working within the legal system. Sad to say, but there has to come a point where you take ownership and responsibility for yourself and your children - it's not always society's issue.
I understand where you are coming from but I reckon that feeling of resentment towards the govt stems from her childhood. Where instead of being put in a safe and loving place she was put into the hands of an abuser.....
The UK welfare system is anything but "generous". In fact, it's one the least generous in Europe and essentially punishes people for accessing it.
I agree she got her house , a good job why stuff it up and write a book with all your past secrets ? she never said how much , if any she made from the book and it obviously was'nt worth her time , when she said earlier all she wanted was a job & a house - she got that that stuffed it all up ..she did'nt make the right choices there at all .
If you’re calling the benefits system generous I can guarantee you’ve never been in it.
Well said. She also doesn't seem to feel guilty about losing her children the second time
just been listening to this on spotify. she has a very soothing voice, would be a great voice talent person.
What a survivor....you been put thru the mill and got to tell your tale...well done thanks for sharing....
All I can say is WOW! Almost unbelievable but I know it happens. Such a shame people have to go through such heartache. I understand. People are not horrible because she made some mistakes. I wish society was more forgiving and truly supportive. Not only when you become completely destitute.
What an inspiring journey she's had!
All the way from the Uk to Venezuela!
Not really though.
What a story, thank you.
I’ve got a 3yo daughter and I feel the agony of this situation in my soul
Wow. No words. All the best to Natalie & her daughter ❤️
Venesuela sounds like a wonderful civilized country good times. I want to hear Jose´s story how heended up in the UK.
Thank you for sharing your very harrowing story with us, dear lady and I wish both yourself and your daughter all the best for the future. xxxx
Serious question. How can you save up and get a mortgage within one year of getting a job which can’t have been that high paying? Not in the UK. Unless she wasn’t paying any rent or bills. Doesn’t add up.
This may have happened many years ago and not recently.
She said she 1st went to jail at the age of 19 and she looks like in her 40s-50s here.
I looked it up, she got caught in 2001 and came back in 2005. House prices were still cheap back then especially in the north where she lives. Second time she got jailed was in 2010
I also think she probably got a huge mortgage which is why she was so under pressure to get money when she lost her job. But that's no excuse to not look for another job properly. Blame the system and deal drugs
@@sharondanya You're clueless lol
@@Technoko the truth hurts
There's so much missing here after she got back to the UK. What happened to Hose? She said she just wanted a job and mortgage, which she got, yet most of her friends were into drugs, so she hadn't left that scene behind. Can't feel sorry for her going to prison the second time.
Digging some more into her story, I read the article about the second time she went to prison. What she did in the UK was absolutely mindblowingly stupid: She got arrested after they found drugs on her, they raided her home where they found more drugs, she was out on bail and got arrested with drugs again! They raided her home again and found even more drugs than during the first time. And then it gets completely unbelievable, she's gets out on bail for the second time and manages to get arrested for a third time with drugs on her.
She got 7 years in prison for all that, which should've been a lot more imo just because of the sheer stupidity.
@@Boris_V Thanks for the info. Some people are their own worst enemy.
It's an awesome story and I love the petty comments by people who cannot believe she did not turn into a saint after being in prison. I know, so many people leave jail and just come out better and happier.
i cannot believe she started smoking crack with a baby to raise.
Yooo Nat!!! It's Nutty Chris here, a truly heartbreaking story. Look at you now though, living it up in the sunshine. Hope your well my lovely ❤️ x
Truly inspiring ❤️ sending lots of love to you from the UK, Qrucifix x
She's open and honest about her past and ends up loosing everything AGAIN!
Talk about being completely screwed over by the system.
My heart really goes out to you at how your own countrys government, not to mention an employer with a complete lack of understanding had completely and totally let you down.
All the best to you, moving forward in whichever direction it may take you.
The system have failed you, but you haven't failed yourself, you are a true hero and have an amazing and unbelievable inspiring story! I wish you all the best and want to buy your book!
This video just popped up on my TH-cam, i watched it full and at the end i feel sorry for Natalie. She tried to live honest life but world we live in didn’t gave her fair chance to live honest life. Feel really sorry for her, may she live freely rest of her life 🤗
25:18
how was the universe on your side if it had just pissed it down and there was avalanches and boulders blocking the roads you were going to take?
Fascinating story.
Just can’t get past the fact that she brought her little daughter on international drug deals. My God.
Right?? And we’re supposed to feel compassion for this person?
and then started selling them again rather than going into social housing was a bit weird
Self inflicted madness.
Am sorry she went through so much in her childhood. What i got from this is if you see a local crackhead do not invite them in and share their drugs. This is the real down fall of life events. Stay away from drugs.
Drugs covers a broad range of very different drugs. Drugs aren’t inherently bad. Other factors such as difficulty in life leads to situations like this. She was also used and abused, she was the victim of the war on drugs and other people’s greed. Telling people to stay away from drugs is not doing any good.
@Deng Nicca idiot no one takes crack in moderation.
She’s an eloquent lady, she tells her story as it happened and she knows she took some bad decisions in her life. Poor soul ! She was probably used as a decoy to let bigger dealers go through. It’s corrupt in latin America and no one’s going to help you there. You need money to stay safe in a Venezuelan prison. I have watched so many documentaries ‘locked up abroad’ or ‘banged up abroad’ and it’s the same old stories every time, people want the cash and most have drugs addiction too. She was blinded by the £££ she stopped being lucid. How crazy to smuggle drugs with your kid! It must have been heartbreaking 💔to be separated from her daughter. It seems people smuggling drugs are absorbed by the money they can gain making themselves believe they will have a new start with the money and be good thereafter, promising never to do it again but it’s a vicious circle and it’s just not worth it compare to what you have to endure when you get caught. And it’s not right either to smuggle drugs. She tells her story so well, let’s hope vulnerable people can learn from it 😮🤔
They should make a movie, this story it's crazy 😎
She screwed up big time. On her behalf, she was very young and no guidance. Getting arrested in UK had no excuses, she knew better by then. I feel really sorry for her kids though.
Yep.
Resilience is the key to life
Listening to her, at the end, saying she " feels blessed" made me realize once more that my typical middle-class " struggles" are absolute non-events...
Suffering / struggles are relative. Don't let anyone tell you it isn't relevant just because someone is suffering a bit more than you.
Amazing story
A friend of mine from HS got caught trafficking many years ago. A few years later I saw just her eye exposed in a pic in a magazine and stopped right away. The article was all about her life story and how she got to the prison she was currently in. So I knew the eye I suspected to be hers actually was. I obviously have lost contact but often wonder about her and wonder if she's free
What happened to her eye?
@@powerplay8355 lol nothing. It was just her peering through blinds, she wanted to remain anonymous. But I stopped, I just knew the eye lol
@@justhereforthevideos2798 I see.
so she started selling drugs again at the same time as having a book out there detailing her escape from prison for dealing them? Surely that's putting a target on your own head?
I would like to know. where the daughter was during her time in prison in V and how she was reunited
💯 - Lee Marvin ‘ I was born in prison and first used drugs at 8 ‘ here at LADbible TV x thank you
Wow what a story 😮 very strong woman who has been through some really tough times. In the end luck was on her side with what both governments said.
Very interesting person & story, its a shame she went back to dealing after surviving all that madness beforehand. Surely she could have landed a new job? cafe or carwash or fkn anything!?! but at the same time nobody should judge anyone else when there is so many factors involved. Easy to say this or that when your basing it off your own situation. She seems like a genuinely nice person and i hope things are going much better now. best of luck
@andrew52x people ask for drugs people don't ask to be killed or SA keep those people in for longer , drug dealers and users can be giving something to do and it might help them locking someone up like a animal won't fix the problem
For real. I was totally sympathetic to her up until that point. "I lost my job so I "had" to sell again". No, no you didn't. There are other jobs.
@@natos4unlife Thought the same thing. She could have made money doing something perfectly legal, but she decided to take the "easy" way out and go back to selling drugs. Not only that, she said she had a house and a car... uhhh sell the house? sell the car? buy a bike instead 💀she had so many options and chose not to take them in favor of making fast cash from drugs. The idiocy of some people is really amazing.
So many people in equally bad--or worse--situations work hard to earn their cash LEGALLY. No sympathy for people who choose to make the world a worse place by taking advantage of people with addictions simply because they're too lazy to look for another job.
People who sell drugs take advantage of vulnerable people and then continue to abuse them after 'helping' them develop an addiction--no two ways about it. So sick and disgusting that anybody would actually choose to play a role in hurting other human beings in this way, especially if they were once a victim of it themself.
Had 100% sympathy until 31:44 minutes. Then she just plays the victim. Many of us suffer hardship, lose our jobs, struggle to pay rent / bills / mortgage. You find another job. She chose to sell drugs again, even though she had a daughter to look after, then feels like society screwed her over because she got caught and went to jail.
Yep you have to take responsibility.. she didn't.. she has a weak character..
Considering the good fortune she had after escaping prison, I too lost my admiration for her when she said she got screwed over. She wrote a book! She got off the hook for the mule business in Venezuela and basically bragged about it. I cant believe she was shocked at losing her job. I've lost jobs in the past, but I've never risked the safety of my children by deciding to sell drugs to pay the bills. Its an amazing story up to that point.
Compare this to the man who robbed a bank. Read the comments.
Yep feel exactly the same. Comes across as if nothing is her fault.
It's a tough one to judge. I get what people are saying how can you blame a system if you broke it twice. However, some of us have had good guidance from a good upbringing, so I try to understand that.
Then I don't get why on so much money would you risk losing your job, by exposing yourself to other employers of being a drug runner, by going on TV etc. Although it is harsh to how they sacked her, to be fair.
The system isn't known one's friend, we all hate it, but most of us have to deal with it.
Hopefully, she has or will find happiness with her kids.
God Bless such a lovely honest lady ❤️❤️❤️
Pity we never get to work festivals together. We lived in the woods together for a bit. It was fun. I really liked her. A unique type of person. The book is cool. Hope we meet again sometime ☺.
Damn! Even after all she went through the first time, u’d think she’d wait tables before dealin again
Wonder what happened in her relationship with the foreign guard ? A very interesting life story 👍🏻
Sounds like she manipulated him so she could escape.
I wish her all the happiness in the world now. She didn’t deserve that.
a movie based on her experience would be pretty powerful
I saw her story on Locked up Abroad. Our actions have consequences, and to put your child in danger is so selfish. Venezuela's government is corrupt and the people are starving. By bringing her daughter, she was put at the same risk. Kids are dropping dead there of starvation and disease. I'm so grateful her daughter made it home safe, no telling what trauma she will have from this experience.
I feel so bad for her, the history and entrapment. So happy she turned everything around
It's so common. Young people who have no family and came through the system get shredded by life.
I had some sympathy until 31:00
love how she didn't care one bit about what she was doing to her daughter
Well that just isn't true is it.
@@Josh-ek9pw ur right im the one that only tells lies. ur obviously the one that only tells the truth
She was 16 , got pregnant by her caretaker in foster care .. then got on drugs ..
love how ppl see things black&white
@@natalkak.9622 it Is black and white lmao
What a brave person you are. How lucky a lot of us are not to have to walk those lonely paths to and through hell.
Yeah, but sometimes it's those hellish paths that can teach us a lot in a short amount of time, that's kinda lucky too..
@@baronsaturday9529 yeah they are there. Would be good to avoid them but hey there is no map given for life.
Sad yet empowering story. I gotta say I'm curious to know what happened to Jose though. Anyone know!?
Prison Break Season 3 vibes 😭😭 damn. But yeah it's really crazy 😶🙆🏽♀️
“It was unfair that I was back in prison, even though I was selling drugs”, look it sucks that you lost your job, but you decided to go back to selling drugs, and you got caught, no one to blame but yourself
She said that it was her fault and her decisions, it was more the lack of support that made her feel her only option was to sell drugs.
@@Josh-ek9pw exactly some people just don't get it in their perfect little world and
upbringings
she should have gone back into recruitment, loads of those types of jobs around.
Na where she went wrong is she published the book and made money off it. I don’t think she can see that, she had the opportunity to leave all of that in the rear view mirror. Why dig it up and make profit from it and not expect consequences. Some people just don’t get it they don’t realise you gotta choose who you are now. You can’t be both, are you going to be the drug dealer or are you the 9-5 playing it straight with mortgage and family ?
@Lap Dog yeah well u prolly never sold drugs to make ends meet, so it's not even a thought for you
tbh i was v sympathetic to her story until her second prison sentence, So she got given a council house and support but the moment she has her own home now she's like I'm being persecuted and set up to fail because people who own homes don't get benefits? Like alright yeah there's deffo room for some reform to that, but then she's like so now i don't pay any tax at all even tho she expects that safety net? like i'm not even arsed that she went back to selling drugs ok it's the selfishness of expecting a welfare state to protect her but also deliberately refusing to pay tax...?
Was she just to... know that? after living her whole life outside the way you and I do?
I appreciate your point but I think differently. The state failed her, it allowed a 14 year old child to be abused and impregnated twice. She owes the state nothing after what was done to her under the "care" of it
like cuhmon look at her life story especially from when she was a child, she's lived 10 lifetimes of trials nd tribulations so i can absolutely see her pov, its not right but i understand it. she's just fed up man
Ignorance is bliss
I agree, probably wasn’t the best idea to write a book about being a drug mule that has escaped from prison either 🤣
I admire this woman and her courage and attitude greatly !
You admire somebody that put their child in danger? You have no morals
@@majesticgee7610 and you have no filter.
I really don't gel with this story at all, normally there is a retribution arc to these but not this one. She committed a crime, then escaped prison. She had a good job back in the UK but that wasn't enough. Releasing a book and looking for fame back fired and lost her this job. She then says that she had no choice but to sell drugs again and claims it to be unfair when she is caught and sentenced again. I am a firm believer in cause and effect, if she had finished her original sentence and then made a life for herself this would have been a much more rewarding story.
“I kinda felt as well like I was due a little bit back”
“I was told in the benefits office…that because I owned my own house and it was mortgaged I wasn’t entitled to any benefits and that they wouldn’t like, give me money to pay the mortgage…and it just felt so unfair as well you know…and I felt like I was being completely screwed over. So I started selling drugs again.”
Say WHAT!? You did WHAT now?
“Unfair. Yeah it felt really unfair…I felt like I didn’t deserve it”
…er, yeah you did. And then, again:
“I felt like I was being completely screwed over”
You felt like the Government owed you, that you were entitled to benefits, that it was “unfair” and that you were being “screwed over”.
Maybe seeing yourself on video and this edit, where the filmmaker has just left the “interesting bits” of your story in, will show you how this really looks.
Honestly, the first bit where it “empowered” you to do anything - all that was awesome - but then, YOU really messed things up and it’s YOUR fault, not the Government’s.
Oh, and you said that the clergy described a “conflict of interests”. That sounds like it might be right. Or maybe that was a polite way of telling you what lots of other people would like to.
Sometimes when I'm having a bad day and feel like the whole world is on my shoulders I watch these interviews and think to myself... 'Eh!? My life isn't that bad after all'.
All the best Natalie 🏵️🌞
hey german here. i love her accent, does someone know what its called or where its from? thank you so much
I've known/know a lot of drug dealers in my life and many choose this route as an "only" option. Example - a 15-yr old young man started selling crack at 15. He started because no father (prison) and a complete alcoholic mother provided NO support. His older sister wouldn't start the new school year because she had 2 outfits, period (completely chaotic upbringing, moving often, losing EVERYTHING often, etc.) and was too humiliated. He got a "front", sold that, doubled up, and on until he could buy her clothes to start school. This is legitimately how this shit often starts. No food, no clothes and too young and unsupported to find real work. He didn't have a chance in our area and has been in prison a couple of times since then. If he had had ANY options, his life would have been so different. This woman and he are both VICTIMS. It's easy to throw stones.
absolutely true. low level street dealers are the real victims of the drug war :S
She's right about the system screwing her over. Helping people with their mortgage payments while they get onto their feet would be common sense.
Absolutely!!!
It is fucked up. But she did fuck it up herself in the uk afrer havjng a 2nd chance
This sounds like something straight out of a movie wow