Donna Nelson: Japan court rejects expert evidence as Australian grandmother appeals smuggling conviction
Her lawyers were hoping expert evidence from a Monash University professor would convince appeal judges she was the innocent victim of a romance scammer.
But on Thursday afternoon the Tokyo High Court rejected that report, along with other new evidence.
Nelson was convicted of smuggling 2kg of meth into Japan in a suitcase in January 2023.
She will now have to wait until September 25 to learn the High Court's judgement - whether it accepts her appeal and she is let go, whether the case goes back to trial, or whether the appeal is dismissed and she needs to serve out her six-year sentence.
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