Liliana Goodson travelled all the way from Florida to attend clown school in Sydney, but landed in court instead after she was caught with a handgun in her luggage at Sydney International Airport.
An American backpacker has pleaded guilty to smuggling a 24-carat gold-plated gun into Sydney Airport last year, after claiming it was an accident in court earlier today.
She had initially pleaded not guilty and was fighting the charges in front of a Magistrate this morning, more than a year after the incident.Liliana Goodson travelled all the way from Florida to attend clown school in Sydney, but landed in court instead after she was caught with a handgun in her luggage at Sydney International Airport in May 2023.
"When I got over here the gun was not even in the back of my mind at all," she told investigators at the time.Goodson had declared that she was carrying cat, squirrel and rabbit parts on her incoming passenger card, but failed to mention the gun.READ MORE:In the video, she also told Border Force investigators that she intended to carry the pistol for protection in Australia, as she did in the US.
In the video, she also told Border Force investigators that she intended to carry the pistol for protection in Australia, as she did in the US.
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