Lawyer Says Accused Drug Smuggler Cassie Sainsbury was threatened
Orlando Herran, the Colombian lawyer for the accused Australian drug mule, has told Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program that Sainsbury and her family was threatened before she boarded the plane. The 22-year-old is currently detained in a Colombian prison for allegedly smuggling 5.8 kilograms of cocaine in 18 boxes of headphones. Cassie Sainsbury has claimed a mystery man threatened to kill her family before she was caught with 5.8kg of cocaine in a Colombian airport. Orlando Herran stated that the 22-year-old was in financial trouble after problems with her fitness business when she answered a Craigslist ad offering a loan and trip to London. He said the itinerary was changed at the last minute before Sainsbury met a mystery man, who showed her pictures of her family and fiance and made threats in Colombia. “If you don’t get to fly we will be threatening or killing your family or…
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