A mother who took her severely ill child to the Netherlands for cannabis oil treatment says she is now trapped living abroad.

Julie Galloway left Scotland with seven-year-old Alexa, who has epilepsy and a rare neurological condition, almost a year ago to live with relatives in Rotterdam.

She says she is still living out of a suitcase and her savings are almost gone – but she fears that returning home without the medication would put her daughter’s life in danger.

Julie, from Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, said: “I feel like a refugee forced to live abroad to save my child.

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