A judo star who was critically injured in a motorbike accident in Vietnam has smiled for the first time since waking from a coma.

Commonwealth Games medallist Stephanie Inglis is due to be flown to hospital in Scotland by a UK air ambulance from Bangkok.

A spokeswoman for Stephanie's family, who are from Daviot, near Inverness, said the 27-year-old smiled when told by her parents that she would soon be going home.

Miss Inglis is due to be flown home within the next 24 hours.

The trip will require stops in India, Georgia, and Austria.

The judo star suffered head injuries on May 12 when her skirt caught in the wheel of a motorcycle taxi and pulled her off the bike.

She had been on her way to work teaching English in Ha Long at the time of the accident.

Doctors in Vietnam initially gave her a 1% chance of survival.

However, she emerged from a medically-induced coma within the last week.

In a statement on the Save Steph Facebook page, the spokeswoman said: "She is in so much discomfort and fighting against all the odds to improve herself when the medical team asked her if she could hold up two fingers, Stephanie did, and then she smiled a small but amazing smile.

"The doctor was so surprised he started to bow and laugh, because not only did it show that Stephanie understood this instruction it also showed after all that's happened to her she still had the humour and friendly personality that everyone respects and loves."

Thousands of supporters donated more than £300,000 to pay for medical care for the Glasgow 2014 silver medallist.

The spokeswoman said without that money it would have been impossible get the judo champ treatment, transfer her to hospital in Bangkok and bring her back to Scotland.