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Heidi Mullis, 32, was pregnant at the time and lost her unborn baby following the incident.

Miss Mullis had been charged with assault and using threatening behaviour after she was stopped at passport control.

She had been on holiday with her partner Michael Legros, 31, and their four children in Bali and was coming back to Britain as the country was due to go into the first lockdown in March 2020.

But, as she feared her youngest child might be displaying Covid symptoms, an argument broke out when Border Force officers at Manchester Airport insisted all their baggage be searched.

The family were eventually allowed to go before the child was rushed to hospital.

But Miss Mullis, of Woolton, Liverpool, was subsequently quizzed by police.

She was initially charged with assaulting an emergency worker – which can have a maximum 12-month jail term – and a public order offence.

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She faced six different court hearings, before the charges were eventually reduced to one of disorderly conduct, which has a maximum penalty of a £1,000 fine.

But this week at Tameside Magistrates’ Court, Miss Mullis was cleared of the charge after her lawyer accused prosecutors of mounting a “bogus” case against her which he dismissed as a “joke”.

Miss Mullis told the JPs: “We had been in Bali for two weeks but it was just when Covid was hitting.

“We heard horror stories that shops were short of food. My baby was sick and I did not know what it was and I did not want their staff around my child.

“There were a lot of emergency flights that week. My child was unwell and we had just got off a 20-hour journey. I just wanted to get home. It was meant to be a holiday of a lifetime, but it was a nightmare by the end of it.

“I was apprehensive about my son and I wanted to get out of the airport and, when staff intervened, that was the last thing we wanted.

“But I was not aggressive. I work in pressure cooker situations, and I have to keep calm. I never shouted, screamed or swore at the customs officer. I was six weeks pregnant at the time and I ended up losing that child.

Manchester Airport “Getting a criminal conviction means that I lose my job. It is my job to remain calm and patient and I am a good nurse. I would never put my job on the line. This was a fabricated story.”

Her lawyer Brian Jackson said: “There has never been a situation in my work where I have heard the prosecution say their witnesses have no reason to lie so they should be believed. It just goes to show how bogus the prosecution case is.

“She was six weeks pregnant at the time and had a child which she thought could have had Covid.

“Frankly, this whole prosecution case is a joke and I have no idea why it has been persisted with.”

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