WATCH: 'God will provide answers' - Ashley Oosthuizen’s mother
Lynn Blignaut, the mother of the jailed Ashley Oosthuizen, has asked South Africans to pray for the safe return of her daughter.
Messages of support have poured in from across the world for the young kindergarten teacher from George in the Western Cape.
She is turning 23-years-old on Thursday - her second birthday behind bars in a foreign country.
Ashley has been jailed in a Thai prison on drug-related charges despite a confession by her former lover that he’s responsible for the drugs.
Self-confessed drug smuggler Tristan Nettles has issued a compassionate plea for Ashley’s release - saying she was an innocent victim.
The teenager was handed the death penalty but was later commuted to a life sentence while an appeal against her conviction and sentence is expected to be heard later this month.
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WATCH: Her mother, Lynn Blignaut, has turned to God to provide answers.