British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, jailed in Sudan for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammad, was pardoned by Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir.

She is expected to be freed on Monday afternoon, according to CNN.

Gibbons will leave Khartoum along with the two British lawmakers who arrived there on Saturday to obtain her release.

On Thursday Gibbons received a sentence of 15 days of jail for insulting religion when she allowed her class to name a teddy bear Mohammad.

On Saturday the peers Baroness Warsi and Lord Ahmed, Muslim members of the House of Lords, arrived in Khartoum to discuss with the Sudan government the release of Gibbons, saying that this move could bring international goodwill toward their country.

The two discussed the case with President Omar al-Bashir at his palace.

The news that she received a full presidential pardon was announced by a presidential aide.

A few minutes later President Omar al-Bashir appeared along the two peers to make brief announcements on the steps of the presidential palace, Times Online informs.

Lady Warsi read a statement written by Gibbons in which she apologized for any distress she might have caused and emphasized her respect for Islam.

Gibbons said: "I am sorry to be leaving Sudan," and thanked the authorities for being well treated.

Lord Ahmed said that President Omar al-Bashir was impressed of the fact that Gibbons had no intention of doing any harm.

He said: "This was an unfortunate, unintentional, innocent misunderstanding. I am very confident that the whole matter will be resolved within hours rather than days."

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "Common sense has prevailed. She will be released into the care of our embassy in Khartoum after what must have been a difficult ordeal. Through the course of Ms Gibbons’s detention I was glad to see Muslim groups across the UK express strong support for her case.”