'I was framed': British mother facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight' claims stitch-up
A British mother facing the death penalty for smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight packets claims she was 'framed'.
Lisa Stocker, 39, said she was stitched up when she entered the island of Bali in Indonesia with £300,000 worth of the narcotics disguised as the dessert mix.
"The packages were not mine, but someone else's,' she told Denpasar Central Court. 'I was framed.'
Stocker and her partner Jon Collyer, 39, were arrested at Denpasar International Airport on Sunday, February 1.
They had travelled from Britain via Qatar and were arrested in Bali after an X-ray scan at the airport alerted officials to suspicious packages.
The pair appeared in front of the judge with Phineas Float, 31, who is accused of receiving the packages in an airport hotel on February 3.
All three defendants, of East Sussex, could face death by firing squad if they are found guilty of trafficking the drugs.
Mother-of-three Stocker claimed she had been given 17 packets of Angel Delight by a third man who she said instructed her to ship the packets to Asia.
"Jon and I had been to Bali twice carrying packages from (him),' she said 'I was shocked after finding out it was cocaine.'
Her husband said he paid for the Bali holiday himself, saying of the third man: "(He) told me the package contained snacks, such as chocolate, pudding and chips.'
But prosecutor Made Umbara said the man gave Collyer £2,130 to pay for the couple's accommodation and flights.
The trial continues on Tuesday, June 17.
It comes amid several other cases of British nationals being detained in other countries accused of drug trafficking
Bella May Culley, 18, of Teeside, faces 30 years in a Georgian prison for alleged drug smuggling, as is Charlotte Lee May, 21, of Croydon, in Sri Lanka.
Both face lengthy prison sentences if found guilty.
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