Convicted drug smuggler Michaella McCollum will have to wait to return home to Ireland after being released on parole from a Peruvian prison.
The Tyrone native served less than three years of a six and a half year sentence, having been caught with 11 kilos of cocaine in Lima airport in August 2013.
Solicitor Kevin Winters said he was waiting to hear the terms of the release, but said it wasn't part of a repatriation order.
Journalist in Lima Simeon Tegel says there's a danger Ms McCollum will have to stay in Peru for the remainder of her sentence;
Michaela McCollum has been released on parole from a prison in Peru.
The Co Tyrone woman was convicted in 2013 of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.8 million euro to Spain and received a 6 and a half year sentence.
In a statement her solicitor Kevin Winters has confirmed she has been released and is due to attend a court hearing to determine the conditions of her parole.
Mr Winters says it is not clear when she will be eligible to return home, as that will be a matter for the court.
He says she has not been released under any repatriation scheme or other protocol between Peru and the UK.
Copy of the statement from Kevin Winters
"We can confirm that we act for Michaella McCollum
She was released from prison at 5:00pm last night following a successful application for parole
She has NOT been released under any repatriation scheme or other protocol between Peru and the UK.
There will be a pending judicial hearing to determine the conditions of her parole, at this stage it remains unclear when she may be eligible to return home, that will be a matter for the court.
We are working with her lawyers in Peru and will hope to be in a position to clarify further as soon as possible."
Juliette Gash reports;Bishop Sean Walsh, who visited Michaella in prison in Peru, and attended the court hearing last Tuesday when she was granted parole.
Bishop Walsh says the judge was very impressed by Michaella, who's become fluent in Spanish during her incarceration.
She's studied hairdressing and was a model prisoner during her time in the notorious Ancon 2 prison outside Lima.
Bishop Walsh says she'll be volunteering with the church in Lima, where she'll work with sufferers of HIV and Aids.
