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DENPASAR, Indonesia -- A tribunal connected the Indonesian tourer land of Bali sentenced a British antheral to 10 months successful jailhouse connected Tuesday for cause offenses aft a complaint that could transportation the decease punishment was dropped.
Thomas Parker, from Cumbria successful northwest England, was arrested Jan. 21 astatine a villa adjacent Kuta beach, a fashionable tourer spot, aft helium allegedly collected a bundle containing drugs from a motorcycle taxi operator connected a adjacent street.
Police officers said Parker was “acting suspiciously” portion helium collected the package, according to the tribunal document. He allegedly discarded it successful a panic and fled erstwhile constabulary approached him. He was traced backmost to the villa wherever helium was staying and arrested.
A laboratory trial confirmed the bundle contained somewhat implicit a kilogram (2.326 pounds) of MDMA, the main constituent successful ecstasy, the papers said.
During the constabulary investigation, the 32-year-old electrician was capable to beryllium that helium did not bid the package. It was sent by a cause trader friend, identified lone arsenic Nicky, whom Parker had known for astir 2 years and spoke to regularly done the Telegram messaging app.
Parker was told idiosyncratic would prime it up soon from him, and helium was not promised wealth oregon thing other by Nicky successful return.
Police reduced the archetypal complaint of cause trafficking, which carries a imaginable decease sentence, to the little superior discourtesy of hiding accusation from authorities aft investigators determined that the bundle was not straight linked to him.
During the trial, which began past period astatine the Denpasar District Court, Parker told the tribunal helium initially refused to cod the bundle but agreed to bash it aft Nicky assured him the bundle was harmless and would not enactment him successful danger.
Prosecutors connected May 6 sought a one-year situation word for Parker, but the judges said they reduced the punishment due to the fact that Parker regretted his acts, had not been antecedently convicted and promised to reform.
Parker sat silently arsenic a sheet of 3 judges astatine Denpasar District Court handed down the punishment. The judges besides ordered the clip helium has already served since helium was arrested to beryllium deducted from his sentence, meaning helium volition beryllium escaped successful respective months.
After the judges work the sentence, Parker said that helium accepted the verdict and volition not appeal. Prosecutors indispensable determine whether to judge it wrong a week.
“I really, truly regret everything that has happened,” Parker said. “I americium atrocious and volition travel the judge's decision.”
Indonesia has precise strict cause laws and convicted traffickers tin beryllium executed by a firing squad.
About 530 radical are connected decease enactment successful Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, including 96 foreigners, Ministry of Immigration and Corrections’ information showed. Indonesia’s past executions, of an Indonesian and 3 foreigners, were carried retired successful July 2016.
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Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini successful Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.
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