Associated Press CHIBA, Japan (AP) — An Australian woman accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on Monday nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and that she was tricked into carrying them as part of an online romance scam. Donna Nelson from Perth, Australia, was arrested at Japan’s Narita International Airport just outside Tokyo when customs officials found about 4.4 pounds of stimulants,…

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Australian woman accused of drug smuggling in Japan says she is innocent as trial begins

An Australian woman accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on Monday nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and that she was tricked into carrying them as part of an online romance scam

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A Perth grandmother accused of drug smuggling has officially professed her innocence in a Japanese court.

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Perth gran faces court in Japan accused of drug smuggling

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Her daughters say she was lonely and vulnerable. Now Perth grandmother Donna Nelson is about to stand trial in Japan on drug smuggling charges her children believe arose out of a romance scam.

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Japan trial of Australian grandma allegedly duped into being drug mule in elaborate love scam to begin

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A devoted grandma and prominent community figure facing life in prison on drug trafficking charges is the victim of an elaborate romance scam, her family says.

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Drug trafficking trial of Perth grandma Donna Nelson begins in Japan

Perth grandmother Donna Nelson has told a Japanese court she was not aware she had drugs in her luggage as her smuggling trial began.

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Perth grandmother's Japan drug-smuggling trial starts

Perth grandmother Donna Nelson has told a Japanese court she didn't know she had drugs in her luggage as her smuggling trial began two years after her arrest.

Australian Grandmother Claims Innocence in Japanese Drug Smuggling Trial

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