Brit facing death penalty over Angel Delight cocaine haul insists she was framed
Lisa Stocker, 39, is currently on trial at Denpasar central court where she told a jury she had been "framed" after cops arrested her and her partner at the airport entering Bali
A British mum facing the death penalty in Bali after she was accused of trafficking cocaine worth more than £300,000 disguised as pudding mix claims she was framed.
Lisa Stocker, 39, is currently on trial at Denpasar central court where she yesterday told a jury she had been fitted up after cops arrested her and her partner at the airport. "The packages were not mine, but someone else's," she said. "I was framed."
The mum-of-three entered Bali and was found with 992 grams of cocaine stashed inside packets of Angel Delight in her luggage. Stoker and her partner Jon Collyer, 39, both from East Sussex, were arrested after cops swooped at Bali's international airport on February 1.
A routine X-ray at the airport alerted officials to the suspicious packages as the couple arrived in Bali after travelling from the UK through Qatar.
A third Brit, Phineas Float, 31, also of East Sussex, appeared alongside the couple in court - Float is accused of receiving the packages in an airport hotel on February 3. Cops reportedly used Stoker and Collyer as part of a sting operation to lure Float, leading to his arrest on drugs charges as well.
If found guilty of trafficking the substance all three defendants could face death by firing squad under the harsh laws of the country.
Stocker said a friend in the UK had given her the 17 packets of Angel Delight dessert mix and instructed her to take them to Bali. "Jon and I had been to Bali twice carrying packages from [him]. I was shocked after finding out it was cocaine," she said.
Jon Collyer told the court that he had not received any payment, adding that he paid for the trip to Bali himself.
"[He] gave me some goods to be handed over to his friend in Bali. [He] told me the package contained snacks, such as chocolate, pudding and chips. [He] said that someone would pick up the package when I arrived in Bali," Collyer said.
However police prosecutor Made Umbara said that the friend in fact gave Collyer £2,130 to pay for the couple's accommodation and flights from the UK to Bali.
During a press conference in February where the three were paraded in front of the cameras, Float was seen to laugh. He also yelled at journalist to "f**k off" while walking to the court room for the first day of his trial last week.
He was reserved in court today, however. "I took the packages from Jonathan and Lisa after getting a message from [him],' he said. "I wanted to help a friend and did not know it was cocaine.'
He said Lisa "chose to live a healthy life,' adding he was shocked that she was involved in any alleged trafficking plot.
The trial is scheduled to continue on June 17.
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