Mark Howden of Howden Saggers Lawyers acted for a Taiwanese national who was seduced by a Cameroon drug trafficker in Taiwan. She was unaware of his illegal activities and was convinced to travel to Peru to collect some precious stones to take to Australia on behalf of her “boyfriend”. Unknown to her, she received items containing cocaine and then brought those items to Australia. She was arrested at the airport and charged with a very serious offence of importing illegal drugs.

Following a two week trial in the Supreme Court at Brisbane, a jury found our client not guilty.

Peter Saggers appeared as a guest of the Queensland Bar Association in a Criminal Law Hypothetical at the 2010 Queensland Bar Association Conference on the Gold Coast last weekend. 

The topic for discussion was the changes to be made to the Criminal jurisdiction as a result of Justice Moynihan’s report.

Major changes are planned for the Queensland Courts with more matters to be dealt with in the Magistrates Court.  

If you have any questions regarding an appearance in the Queensland justice system, please contact Howden Saggers Lawyers on 1800 CRIME1.