Bianca Butzer, 22, of Durbanville, Cape Town has been sentenced to seven years behind bars after trying to smuggle drugs into Ireland. She was caught arriving through customs at Dublin Airport with a kilogram of cocaine in her hand luggage last year. And after a year behind bars awaiting trial, she was finally sentenced last week. (from IOL)
The Irish court reporting agency CCC.nuacht reported that Butzer claimed she had agreed to import around R960 000 worth of cocaine.
The Irish police's Keith Taylor testified in court that Butzer had initially claimed that she had been trying to raise money to pay for medical treatment for her daughter in Cape Town.
It appears that Butzer later admitted, however, that she had been briefed to expect a a phone call and hand over the cocaine to someone in Dublin.
The Irish police agreed with defence counsel, Hugh Hartnett SC, that Butzer was "ashamed and sorry" and had been "100 percent co-operative with gardai (police)."
The Irish court reporting agency CCC.nuacht reported that Butzer claimed she had agreed to import around R960 000 worth of cocaine.
The Irish police's Keith Taylor testified in court that Butzer had initially claimed that she had been trying to raise money to pay for medical treatment for her daughter in Cape Town.
It appears that Butzer later admitted, however, that she had been briefed to expect a a phone call and hand over the cocaine to someone in Dublin.
The Irish police agreed with defence counsel, Hugh Hartnett SC, that Butzer was "ashamed and sorry" and had been "100 percent co-operative with gardai (police)."
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