Article: Battle to free teddy teacher; ROW: Woman who called toy Mohammed jailed for insulting Islam.(News)

Byline: By Gary Marks

HIGH-level diplomatic negotiations were continuing today over the 15-day prison sentence given to British teacher Gillian Gibbons for naming a teddy bear Mohammed.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has "expressed in the strongest terms" his concern over jailing of Mrs Gibbons by a court in Sudan.

Mrs Gibbons, 54, was found guilty of insulting Islam, her defence lawyers said, but escaped conviction on a more serious charge of inciting hatred, which could have earned her 40 lashes, a fine and a six-month jail term.

She is expected to serve her term at Omdurman women's prison near Khartoum before she is deported to ...

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