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Article: Teacher overwhelmed by warmth of supporters after return from Sudan.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2007
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GILLIAN GIBBONS, the Liverpool teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing children to name a teddy bear Mohammed, last night revealed how overwhelmed she had been by support from her home city.
Ms Gibbons, 54, is now back home following her remarkable ordeal, which has made her a global household name.
The primary school teacher, who went to teach in Sudan last summer, was jailed last month after being convicted of insulting Islamafter authorities were told she had let children in her class name a teddy Mohammed.
The initial jail sentence was 15 days, but she was released early after receiving a presidential pardon from the Sudanese president following government ...