WA: British woman faces drugs sentencing in Perth

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2006
WA: British woman faces drugs sentencing in Perth

A 19-year-old British beauty student is expected to be sentenced in Perth this week
.. for smuggling more than 10 thousand amphetamine tablets into Australia.

ELEANOR KATHLEEN TAYLOR was due to be sentenced in the West Australian District Court
today for possessing and importing a border-controlled drug.

But the woman .. from Oxford in the UK .. is now expected to be sentenced on Thursday
instead .. after lawyers requested more time to check her pre-sentence report.





TAYLOR was caught with the tablets during a baggage scan at Perth International Airport
on April 2.

At the time customs officials said the drugs had an estimated street value of 200 thousand
dollars.

TAYLOR flew into Australia from London via Amsterdam and Johannesburg with the drugs
in the lining of her suitcase.

Any quantity of illicit drugs over 750 grams is considered a commercial quantity and
attracts trafficking charges .. with a maximum sentence of life in jail.

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KEYWORD: TAYLOR (PERTH)

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