Donna Nelson: WA grandmother to serve six-year sentence after Tokyo court quashes appeal
WA grandmother Donna Nelson — who was fighting a drug smuggling conviction in Japan — has had her appeal dismissed.
The 59-year-old Perth woman was last year given a six-year-sentence for bringing 2kg of meth into the country in January 2023.
Ms Nelson has always maintained she was tricked by a romance scam and had no idea there were drugs in her suitcase.
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Originally published as Donna Nelson: WA grandmother to serve six-year sentence after Tokyo court quashes appeal
