National Geographic’s award-winning “Locked Up Abroad” TV series will feature an episode documenting a true-life tale of a tourist (Zara Whittaker) being arrested and imprisoned in Barbados. No info yet on what the specific circumstances are, but it could be interesting. Watch on National Geographic channel at 10pm EDT on Wednesday 22 July.
“Zara Whittaker, from an impoverished family in Southeast London, left behind her months-old baby to go to Barbados and smuggle cocaine back. She never thought anything could go wrong — her partner in crime had done it 12 times before. Once in Barbados, she found out she was pregnant with her second baby, but felt that shed spent too much of the drug dealers money to pull out. Stopped by the police at the airport, Zara was given a five year prison sentence. She gave birth in Barbados, and after three heartbreaking months, had to give the baby up.”
We hope our BU family watches the show and let us share in the discussion about any conclusions drawn. Thanks to all the BU family members who have emailed their interest!
Barbados Underground 
my cuz left her coz ov da trampyness and about ma mums goin nowere r u dumb mate ma mumz got everything she can ever want and can ever need she aint needing 2 go on tv just 2 get some dollar (PMSL) look leaving a lambs head in da frontroom for 3 month and smoking drugs around da kids.
NOW TELL ME SHE ALL SWEET AND INNOCENT
SWEET AS MATE LMFAO
ZARA. LOVE GLENDAIRY PRISON HER BOYFRIEND ROMEO WAS THERE TOO HIS FROM BARBADOS SHE FELL HEAD OVER HILLS IN LOVE WITH HIM AND SHE DONT EVEN NO HIM. AND OTHERE BOYFRIENDS. ONE OF HER BOYFRIEND WAS IN PRISON FOR RAPING A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL THIS WAS HIS SECOND TIME IN PRISON ( FOR RAPE) I WOULDNT TRUST HIM NEAR MY CHILDREN
what a joke lol u talkin bout guys she spoke to in jail her boyfriends pmsl zara is wiv sum1 now that loves and supports her all the way and treats the kids as his own she is doin so well 4 herself and if any1 believes shit like that there just plain stupid and nieve
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS IN PRISON. LETS LEAVE IT THERE I KNOW WHAT I KNOW
she new there was a baby in side her. but yet she still carrid drugs. and what about the othere child didnt he matter
Hi! I have just seen the document and felt so relieved that Zara got back with his kids.
There are so many cruel things happening .Leave her alone,let her get on with her life and I just feel sorry for Maggie not calming down-with her age and doing silly things…
She done it 12 times-shame and still wishes to keep talking like we should all listen to her…
Hi – i watched this episode last night – and as a mother myself I really cried when I watched how your baby was with you give birth and being all alone. I cried so much – I felt so hurt for you and your baby. everyone makes mistakes and I coluld also understand your desperation for the money anf fear of pulling out at the last minute – and being pregnant on top of everything – I can’t imagine how you must have felt. – But it all ended well and I am glad for you
julia who are you to say that i went 12 time your having a laugh iv only done it once you my not listen. but othere people will trust me on that one the truth need to be told and it will be told my me mag
john nurs said to all the inmat in the army camp we couldnt have no mail. or phone call to our family. i think that was wrong. there had being a firer in glendairy.and the first thing you want to do is tell your family that you are alright. but he didnt care that why most of the inmat was so depress not hearing there family
when we all went to the army camp thay treated us good. giving us good meal to eat. but there was a few guards that didnt like us eating the good food. she put a stop to that. we could have what ever we wanted but she mad all of us put the food back. i hope god is waching her.there wasnt one. there was a few guards like that. thay are the ones make our life hell. one of them was farrel. she a crawe lady. i want to thank the army people for being good to us thay were doing a better job. then the guard.s thay dont have a clue
zara why are you telling lies to my kids. saying you went with my husband there dad also saying you finger me in prison what kind of a mothere are you to be talking like this and saying that my husband ant the father of my son how dare you and cunting of my grankids you are sick. and saying you had sex with my son on facebook
we all no that those messages r not frm zaras facebook they r a fake profile made up by ur nephew and his gf u always tryin to belittle zara and make her to b a trouble maker but we can all clearlt c by ur messages that u r the one that is a trouble maker y cant u all just let the girl got on wiv her life wiv her kids and grow up and be the adults that u ment to b insted of actin like a bunch of kids
pmsl zara sayin she slept wiv ya husband n son now thats sumthin worth loling about and cuntin off ya grankids the only 1s low enought to cunt off kids r yous lot i seen all da messages frm ya nephew n his gf on zaras facebook ur all low lifes wot if every1 new da truth n da whole truth about wot zara been thru wiv ur family since she been out u try make urselfs look all inocent but ur not and wot goes around comes around u need to remember that
to mary i am related to zara. we never meet. i dont have nothing to do with zara cos she is to much truble and tells to many lies. i fill sorry for my aunt she bringing up zara kids whill she just sit back smoking puff she dont do nothing she dont clean the flat nor bath the kids that is why i fil sorry for you because i know how much zara can ballshit she good at twisting people and making people belive what she is saying zara as aways lied about anything to get what she wants.at the min she is going out with a lad who is on crack. dont worrie mary we know she telling lies about you and your family. and we are not the only people who know she just like to make comment so people fill sorry for her
hello zara i was in glendairy with you and mary deadman i would like to know one thing i watched locked up abroad i could not understand why you twisted the story so much on the program you said mary left you to get on with it and just got involed with the othere inmats i was there so was kath and sue and what you said about mary is total lies you know mary look after you in prison for a whill untill you fuck her off you was the one that fuck her off and got involed with the rest of us not mary i can understand you going on tv to tell the storry if you wanted to tell the storry why did you not tell the truth
mary this is sum1 that was reli in prison wiv u n zara not u n ur own writtin fake messages like ur zaras family ur so perfectic any1 that was in there new that u never looked afta zara it was zaras mum that was lookin afta u and yer her mum did look afta her kids while she was there but zara has her kids and is a wonderful mum and her kids are all doin well n want 4 nothing and ive met zaras family and man ur r a total bullshitter
this a real member of zaras family and i have met mary and her baby father and i no none of my family would wrtie that message mary u really need to grow up and get a life i dont no how any of yous can cunt her off with your backgrounds we all look up to her mum for lookin after her kids while she was in there therse not many mothers that wud that she new her kids were well looked after and provided for while she was there and reguaredless to what she has been through with u and your family since she has been home she has done the best for kids and about her bloke being a crack head never that he looks after her and the kids as his own unlike ur nephew but lets not start on that hey