Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian prison

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Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian prison
Lindsay Murdoch
SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT FOR FAIRFAX MEDIA

A tip-off from Australian authorities has led to a Cambodian court sentencing an Australian woman to 23 years' jail for attempting to smuggle 2.2 kilograms of heroin to Australia.

Ann Yoshe Taylor, 41, wept on Wednesday before being sent into Cambodia’s overcrowded jail system where conditions are harsh.

Taylor was convicted along with 19-year-old French national Charlene Savarino and Nigerian national Precious Cheme Nwoko following their arrest after a three-month police operation in Phnom Penh last September.

Nwoko was sentenced to 27 years in jail and Savarino 25 years. All three denied the drug belonged to them.

Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/world/australian-drug-smuggler-sentenced-to-23-years-in-cambodian-prison-20140528-zrr12.html


-- The Age 2014-05-28

[uty6543]

3 more learn the hard way,don't smuggle drugs through international airports.

[angsta]

19 years old and 25 years in jail. Her family live in PP and she fell in with the wonderful Nigerian community who frequent the Heart Of Darkness and the old lakeside etc...that is <deleted> up.

[AhFarangJa]

Precious eh, Guess he will not be feeling so precious soon. It seems like only an hour ago I was reading a thread about another drug mule conned by an Nigerian, and some members were saying "don't tar everyone with the same brush" Seems to me they are spread pretty thick around these parts.

[neverdie]

Stupid is as stupid does.

Do bad and you get bad. Heroin is an aweful substance, it's good to see that the Cambodians have sentenced appropriately. Enjoy the fish head soup Ann.

[Asiantravel]

By tipping off Cambodia that has saved the Australian taxpayers $500,000 at least for prison accommodation charges in Australia

[hanno]

Yes, hang around with the HoD Nigerians and bad stuff happens.

[shirtless]

They have plenty of time to think where their operation went wrong, Mr Precious really dropped the ball . I sure he will enjoy his time.

[Torrens54]

I couldn't be happier!

Excellent news, another couple of druggies who won't be causing our kids to get ensnared in this evil, death dealing culture.

Even better, that she will do her time in Cambodia, instead of some Aussie, Resort-styled Jail. Same goes for her French friend, just hope their bosses get caught as well and are put out of circulation.

Full credit to the Aussie Authorities who tipped-off the Cambodians. I think something similar happened to two Australians, Barlow and Chambers years ago in Malaysia.

They were however, were sent back to Perth.....in Coffins, after being hanged at the end of their "Swing-Away Holiday."

[ezzra]

What a lovely place to spend the next 2 decade of your life in.... the cesspool of Cambodia's jails..

serves you right dear...

[gchurch259]

It is hard to feel too sorry for them. Just last week we were feeling sorry for the Thailand Lady to executed in Malaysia for a small amount of I think Marijuana.

I have low tolerance for drug users and none for dealers or pushers.

Further I keep reading about all the problems with Nigerians, who to mind have nothing to add to Thailand's well being. Don't let them in.

[KonKorat]

No sympathy,plenty of time to learn the Cambodian language

[AhFarangJa]

They have plenty of time to think where their operation went wrong, Mr Precious really dropped the ball . I sure he will enjoy his time.

He won't if he drops the soap..

[Jay Sata]

The more publicity cases like this attract the less chance some other foolish people will end up in a similar nightmare.

[Smurkster]

all the while, makers and producers of alcohol get a free pass...

Edited May 28, 2014 by Smurkster

[optimistic]

These idiots have made life so terrible for an average Nigerian. It took me 27 months of agony to get a job in Thailand because of my nationality. Who wants to associate with a Nigerian? Virtually nobody because we are believed to be either scammers or drug peddlers. I always told myself that suffering great hardship is far better than spending my prime in jail. I may have gone hungry for weeks during my jobless days but it's worth it. In a couple of days, I will receive my first salary ever since I arrived Thailand in Feb 2014, thanks to my determination n moral support from my family. I have no pity for any idiot who decided to peddle drugs. It ain't worth it @ all.

[Krataiboy]

Does this lack of tolerance extend to users of the globally endemic and legal drug called alcohol - or does that happen to be a drug that you enjoy and therefore not subject to the same condemnation?

Have you any idea at all of the social and economic cost of alcohol compared to any other soft or hard drug you would care to mention?

It's a rhetorical question, by the way.

Stop swallowing the mass media propaganda and do some research. This should enable you at least to take a more balanced view of drugs and their effects before publicly flaunting your ignorance and prejudice.

[hanno]

The more publicity cases like this attract the less chance some other foolish people will end up in a similar nightmare.

I don't think so, stupidity cannot be eradicated.

all the while, makers and producers of alcohol get a free pass...

Ah, the old "alcohol is worse" argument. We are not talking about an ounce of weed, we are talking 2.2 kilos of heroin. Like it or not, alcohol is legal both in Cambodia and Oz; heroin is not.

These idiots have made life so terrible for an average Nigerian.

I have a good friend in Phnom Penh who is Nigerian. He works as a teacher and he stays faaaar away from his fellow Nigerians. Fact is that most of the Nigerians in PP are involved in nefarious activities; giving the honest few a bad name.....

[hidavey]

Living in Cambodia free is already hard. In jail in Cambodia for 23 years, better ask for the death penalty mate.

[Robert2006]

What a waste of their lives, living in a Cambodian jail it doesn’t get much worse, they made a big mistake and now there are no second chances.

[Smurkster]

Does this lack of tolerance extend to users of the globally endemic and legal drug called alcohol - or does that happen to be a drug that you enjoy and therefore not subject to the same condemnation?

Have you any idea at all of the social and economic cost of alcohol compared to any other soft or hard drug you would care to mention?

It's a rhetorical question, by the way.

Stop swallowing the mass media propaganda and do some research. This should enable you at least to take a more balanced view of drugs and their effects before publicly flaunting your ignorance and prejudice.

I think we are on the same page, I was only calling out the hypocrisy of having legal alcohol all the while having a drug such as marijuana be prohibited almost all across the world when alcohol clearly does more damage

[hanno]

Living in Cambodia free is already hard. In jail in Cambodia for 23 years, better ask for the death penalty mate.

What's hard about living in Cambodia?

[attento]

The more publicity cases like this attract the less chance some other foolish people will end up in a similar nightmare.

Unfortunately, I doubt that is true. If only it was.

They do it because they convince themselves they can get away with it.

If you believe something strongly enough, you are immune from rational thought.

[hidavey]

Living in Cambodia free is already hard. In jail in Cambodia for 23 years, better ask for the death penalty mate.

What's hard about living in Cambodia?

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[saakura]

These idiots have made life so terrible for an average Nigerian. It took me 27 months of agony to get a job in Thailand because of my nationality. Who wants to associate with a Nigerian? Virtually nobody because we are believed to be either scammers or drug peddlers. I always told myself that suffering great hardship is far better than spending my prime in jail. I may have gone hungry for weeks during my jobless days but it's worth it. In a couple of days, I will receive my first salary ever since I arrived Thailand in Feb 2014, thanks to my determination n moral support from my family. I have no pity for any idiot who decided to peddle drugs. It ain't worth it @ all.

Well said and i wish you every success which is sure to come with your attitude to life.

[hidavey]

Living in Cambodia free is already hard. In jail in Cambodia for 23 years, better ask for the death penalty mate.

What's hard about living in Cambodia?

Standard of living. But don't worry Thaskin will be running there to help the country soon enough. Just like he did for Thailand.

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[soalbundy]

Does this lack of tolerance extend to users of the globally endemic and legal drug called alcohol - or does that happen to be a drug that you enjoy and therefore not subject to the same condemnation?

Have you any idea at all of the social and economic cost of alcohol compared to any other soft or hard drug you would care to mention?

It's a rhetorical question, by the way.

Stop swallowing the mass media propaganda and do some research. This should enable you at least to take a more balanced view of drugs and their effects before publicly flaunting your ignorance and prejudice.

You are on H ?

[StaffsShot]

Unfortunately this will continue as the prospect of a few thousand dollars to a young Aussie girl, is a risk she was prepared to take.

I guess after serving 10 years or so she'lll be given a prisoner exchange back home

[coma]

No surprise that a Nigerian was involved in drug trafficking in SEA.

Enjoy your stay !

[hanno]

Living in Cambodia free is already hard. In jail in Cambodia for 23 years, better ask for the death penalty mate.

What's hard about living in Cambodia?

Standard of living. But don't worry Thaskin will be running there to help the country soon enough. Just like he did for Thailand.

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I have everything I need here. And BKK is a short hop away for the things I cannot find here.