Jump to content

Australian love-scam victim wins drug smuggling conviction appeal in Cambodia


geovalin

Recommended Posts

An Australian woman serving a 23-year prison sentence in Cambodia has achieved a stunning legal victory after her 2014 drug smuggling conviction was quashed by Cambodia's Supreme Court.

 

The woman, 46-year-old Yoshe Ann Taylor, a kindergarten teacher and mother of two from Queensland, fell victim to an internet scam, revealed by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2016 to have been run by an international drug smuggling syndicate.

 

Taylor, who was lured to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on the promise of starting a business in the arts and crafts, was arrested at the airport in September 2013 after being caught trying to leave the country with two kilograms of heroin concealed in her luggage.

 

READ MORE https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/105704459/australian-lovescam-victim-wins-drug-smuggling-conviction-appeal-in-cambodia

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...