Donna Nelson, a 58-year-old grandmother from Perth, has been found guilty of drug trafficking charges in Japan. She was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000 but will receive credit for time served. Nelson maintains she was a victim of a scam.
Perth grandmother Donna Nelson has been found guilty of drug trafficking charges by a Japan ese court.
Through an interpreter, senior judge Masakazu Kamakura said the suitcase had a sophisticated hidden pocket that stashed the drugs and that Nelson had played a peripheral but an “imperative and essential role” in the operation. She was quivering and looked into the eyes of her eldest daughter, Kristal, and four-year-old granddaughter.Nelson’s family said they were disappointed and devastated by the court’s verdict and maintained she was the victim of a romance scam.
Nelson’s lawyer Rie Nishida said the verdict was unreasonable and they would fight until she got her freedom.“The suitcase is empty, and she actually checked it. So she cleared her doubt. Even if she had some doubt, she cleared her doubt.”
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