British Mum Barred from Leaving Turkey after £15,000 Hotel Damage Fine

Georgia Harrison, a 32-year-old British mother, has been detained in Turkey since May 7 after she and her partner were arrested for causing significant damage to their hotel room at the Lexia Hotel in Antalya during a drunken incident. She admitted to smashing the shower screen and other damage while celebrating her boyfriend's new teeth, calling it the "worst mistake of my life," and has been ordered by a judge to pay £15,000 in damages. Harrison has been barred from leaving Turkey until the payment is made and claims she was held in a crowded Turkish jail cell with hundreds of men. She has raised concerns about corrupt lawyers and translators while attempting to contest the fine. The hotel has refuted Harrison's earlier claims that only the shower screen was broken, releasing photos showing extensive destruction including a completely broken shower cubicle, a removed and unusable television, a shattered window, damaged beds, and a trashed minibar, stating the room is "unusable" and required a month-long repair process. The hotel criticized media coverage as "one-sided" and emphasized the severity of the damage caused by Harrison and her partner.