A court hears during sentencing submissions that Kevin Song was an ex-prisoner struggling to find work during the pandemic when he was caught transporting about a kilogram of ice and $40,000 cash in Newcastle.
What's next?A Sydney man caught with about a kilogram of ice and $40,000 cash in his mother's car has blamed COVID -19 for his offending.
"It is clear from the material that my client was released from serving a long stretch for a Commonwealth offence," Mr Lloyd said. "I am not downplaying the effects of COVID 19, but there is no evidence his activities were constrained by the pandemic," Mr Stanhope said.Mr Stanhope said there was no evidence of that.
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