Donna Nelson is facing decades in jail after being caught with nearly two kilograms of meth in her suitcase at Tokyo's Narita Airport on January 4.
grandmother stranded in a Japanese jail say she was the victim of a romantic scam and believe they can prove her innocence.
She and her family insist she is innocent and claim they have proof. They say she was duped by a man she knew as "Kenny", who she met online and believed she was going to marry.The family of Donna Nelson say she was scammed by a man known as 'Kenny' . Similar scams peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia and on average victims were duped out of $42,000.
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