A Scots great-grandmother has been left 'devastated' after she was detained and 'handled like a legal' in a Spanish airport.
Sharon Dempsey misplaced her passport on a British Airways flight from Glasgow Worldwide to Alicante on Saturday morning.
The 65-year-old was sure for two-weeks in Benidorm along with her brother, Thomas Donnelly.
On account of Brexit, British passport holders can solely enter Spain with a stamped passport.
Upon touchdown at round 9am, and realising her passport was gone, Sharon, 65, was hauled right into a detention centre by police and left until 12.30pm the subsequent day.
The 'traumatised' retiree allegedly went with out meals or water until 10pm on Saturday as frantic relations tried to type the difficulty, and wasn't even allowed outdoors to have a cigarette because the drama unfolded.
Her daughter, Adele Dempsey, secured documentation from the International Workplace that enabled Sharon to fly with British Airways to London Gatwick at lunchtime on Sunday.
'Exhausted' Sharon bought again to her residence in Glasgow's Drumchapel on Monday morning.
Holding again tears, Sharon advised the File: "I am so exhausted, I am unable to suppose straight after what has occurred.
"I am completely devastated at how I used to be handled.
"Thomas remains to be in Benidorm and I need to get an emergency passport to affix him, however do not suppose I am going to be capable to do this in time.
"I am solely simply again in Glasgow now, it is terrible."
Sharon's long-awaited fortnight within the solar was booked to rejoice Thomas surviving a quadruple bypass final yr, whereas she survived three bouts of lethal Covid-19.
However their all-inclusive break free turned to a nightmare when the great-grandmother of three and gran of 14 was locked in a cell.
In the meantime Adele, 34, tried all the things she may to have her mum freed.
She advised Glasgow Reside : "I do know that guidelines are guidelines however she was being handled like a legal - not simply somebody who had by accident misplaced her passport.
"She is aware of for sure that she had it when she boarded the aircraft as she had it open in case it wanted checked.
"It wasn't checked on the aircraft so she put it again in her bag which was then stored below the seat in entrance of her.
"It wasn't till she was on the shuttle bus to the airport that she realised it wasn't there.
"She tried to get the shuttle bus again to try to get it however the workers weren't useful and mentioned that the cleaners can typically throw passports away in the event that they're left on the flight.
"She began to panic and was explaining what had occurred to them in Spanish however the passport could not be discovered.
"My uncle waited on the opposite aspect of passport management and we ultimately advised him simply to go to the resort and wait it out. My mum was stored there in a single day."
Vital care nurse Adele added: "My mum was stored in a detention centre on the airport, just like a cell, and wasn't given something respectable to eat or drink.
"She had two chilly rolls and water and that is it.
"She was clearly actually confused however they did not even permit her outdoors to have a cigarette or give her sizzling meals."
Adele, who now lives in Donegal, Northern Eire, spoke to the Consulate who suggested her to e-book a flight again to Glasgow for Sharon after being given emergency paperwork supplied by them.
However Spanish authorities allegedly acknowledged that her flight residence wanted to be with British Airways.
Their subsequent out there flight again to the UK was sure for London Gatwick - and never until lunchtime on Sunday.
"On the Sunday, with none clarification, my mum was frogmarched via Alicante and placed on a London flight by police, held arm-in-arm" Adele added.
"Police then met her on the different aspect, it was like she was a legal. My mum was embarrassed as, understandably, everybody on the Gatwick flight was staring.
"She was in a horrible state, actually upset.
"She mentioned she hadn't even washed her face and felt so soiled and was left in tears outdoors Gatwick with one other lengthy wait to get again to Glasgow."
The Residence Workplace confirmed that the International, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace assisted a lady who had misplaced her passport on her outbound flight to Spain and, along with Border Pressure, labored with the Spanish authorities to assist facilitate her return to the UK.
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