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Exclusive images inside accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury's Colombian prison

The inside of accused Australian cocaine smuggler Cassie Sainsbury’s Colombian prison can be revealed with Seven News obtaining the first pictures within the jail’s walls.

The squalid, overcrowded Bogota facility houses Ms Sainsbury along with thousands of other women.

The footage emerges as Ms Sainsbury’s fiancé, Scott Broadbridge, attempted to visit her in jail, however was turned away.

The jail is overcroweded with thousands of women. Source: 7 News
The jail is overcroweded with thousands of women. Source: 7 News

He arrived in Colombia on Friday to visit Sainsbury after she was detained at El Dorado International Airport on April 12.

Footage has shown him arriving at the jail on Saturday morning, but being unable to go inside.

Broadbridge filled out paperwork to see her, but will have to wait until tomorrow for official visiting hours.

Local authorities allege she was caught out transporting 5.8kg of cocaine which was allegedly found hidden inside 18 headphone boxes in her suitcase.

Scott Broadbridge, has attempted to visit Cassie in jail, however was turned away. Source: 7 News
Scott Broadbridge, has attempted to visit Cassie in jail, however was turned away. Source: 7 News
Sainsbury's fiancé, Scott Broadbridge has arrived in Bogota and went to the prison on Saturday morning, but was turned away. Source: 7 News
Sainsbury's fiancé, Scott Broadbridge has arrived in Bogota and went to the prison on Saturday morning, but was turned away. Source: 7 News

Ms Sainsbury reportedly told a Colombian lawyer she was tricked and given the headphones by a man she knew only as Angelo or Tom, who had offered to buy her the headphones and brought them to her at the airport.

Various media outlets have also reported that tensions continue between Mr Broadbridge and Sainbury’s mother and sister.

Mr Broadbridge, who is thought to have signed an interview deal with Seven's Sunday Night and Sainbury’s family are rumoured to have signed a deal with rival show 60 Minutes.

Sainbury is also reportedly in shock over reports her family has signed a media deal about her Colombian incarceration without her permission.

Cassandra Sainsbury, 22, is accused of attempting to smuggle 5.8 kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia before a tip-off from the US saw her arrested moments before her flight.
Cassandra Sainsbury, 22, is accused of attempting to smuggle 5.8 kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia before a tip-off from the US saw her arrested moments before her flight.

The pair reportedly asked for $1 million to exclusively sell their version of events but it is unknown what figure they were paid.

The news comes as Sainsbury told News Corp Australia she is being pushed around by other inmates in Bogota's El Buen Pastor prison, which she says is full of "chaos" and theft.

The 22-year-old said she did not know her mother Lisa Evans and sister Khala had signed up to a deal with Nine.

Lisa Evans and her sister Khala Sainsbury arriving. Source: 7 News
Lisa Evans and her sister Khala Sainsbury arriving. Source: 7 News
Accused Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury says she is scared, sick and lonely in her Colombian prison and feels bullied by fellow inmates. Source: 7 News
Accused Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury says she is scared, sick and lonely in her Colombian prison and feels bullied by fellow inmates. Source: 7 News

“They’re just going out and doing it on their own,” Sainsbury told News Corp.

“It’s my story. They need to get permission from me to sell my story.”

Sainsbury admitted on Friday she was annoyed with her family, whose initial hosting of a fundraising web page first drew the world’s attention to her plight.

Her family maintains she was set up.