Nicole Reyes: Cardiff woman jailed for 12 years in Caribbean

Nicole Reyes has been jailed for killing Jorge Quintanilla Reyes

A Cardiff woman has been convicted of killing her husband in a road crash in the Dominican Republic.

Mother-of-two Nicole Reyes, 37, of Rumney, has been jailed for 12 years for killing Jorge Quintanilla Reyes in July 2012.

The 38-year-old was knocked off his motorbike by Reyes, but she has always maintained it was an accident.

Reyes's mother, Jeanette Clements, has told BBC Wales her daughter is the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

"I am absolutely devastated," Ms Clements said.

"I really believed she was coming home with me - we were sitting in a court room not hearing evidence against her.

"It's a miscarriage of justice."

Ms Clements said the family will appeal against the verdict.

Reyes was jailed by a court in the city of Santiago.

The Foreign Office said: "We are aware that a British national, Nicole Reyes, has been detained in the Dominican Republic since July 2012.

"We are monitoring events closely. We continue to provide consular assistance to Ms Reyes and her family."

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