内容摘要：She said victims were controlled by “invisible handcuffs” - monitored by CCTV, prevented from using phones or the internet and unable to speak English.

She said victims were controlled by “invisible handcuffs” - monitored by CCTV, prevented from using phones or the internet and unable to speak English.

I asked the BBC's travel provider what had happened and what the plan was for getting me home?In response, the travel company said it had been cancelled because I was a no-show on the outbound flight.

I explained that I was in fact very much in Madrid and waiting - endlessly, it seemed - to collect my checked luggage from the baggage belt.After some no doubt confusing conversations between our travel team and BA, I received a further message to say the airline was adamant I had not travelled and that the boarding pass in my possession did not display the correct details.This was when I realised that the name on my boarding pass was not mine, it was a man called Huw H. The BBC is not using Huw H's full name, which was printed on the pass.

His name was also printed on my luggage tags.BA claimed there was no way I could have travelled using that document as security checks wouldn't allow it - but I did. My colleague, who was seated a few rows behind me, can vouch for me being on that plane.

The airline was so sure that I was not in Madrid that the BBC had to book me another seat on the flight home I was originally booked onto, at great expense. BA has since offered a £500 goodwill voucher as well as refunding the cost of the extra ticket.

The security protocol for passengers boarding flights is relatively simple: ground crew must check the name on the boarding pass matches that on the passport presented."I remember thinking actually I don't think I want to do this for a year now, how do I get out of it?," she said.

"I remember going onto my Just Giving page and trying to extract myself from it."About 10 days in, I had raised £35."

Then everything changed.Her campaign was noticed by the BBC and everything snowballed. Other media started calling and a couple of days later, 97,000 people had visited her Facebook page.