A young British woman who made headlines last year when she was found wearing clothes taken in a stolen suitcase, today dropped assault charges she had filed against a fellow prison inmate.

Shannon-Leigh Williams, 20, withdrew her criminal complaint against Aisha Mohammed during a sitting before magistrate Aaron Bugeja earlier this morning. 

Shannon Leigh Williams being escorted to court in August, following the attack on a prison warder. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

The court explained that she would not be able to revive criminal proceedings once the complaint was withdrawn.

“No, I forgive her and that’s fine,” Ms Williams replied.

In June, Ms Williams was fined €200 for contempt of court and remanded in custody because of her “arrogance”.

She said that she had gone to the airport to pick up the luggage that had not arrived when she came to Malta on a Ryanair flight on May 17 and claimed that the baggage she took was similar to hers.

She had also claimed that she happened to have eight identical dresses to those which had been stolen from the suitcase and even said “kiss my a**” as she was escorted out of the courtroom.

A month later, the woman was in court again charged with assaulting a prison warder after refusing to submit to a routine strip-search.