BREAKING NEWS: China sentences Australian man to DEATH for drug smuggling
- An Australian man has been sentenced to death on drugs charges in China
- Man has been identified as Cam Gillespie who was arrested in December 2013
- He was allegedly carrying 7.5kg of methamphetamine in his checked luggage
An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China on drug charges.
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court handed down the sentence recently, according to Chinese news outlet Ifeng.com.
The man has been identified as Cam Gillespie.
Local media reports said the man was arrested at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, north-west of Hong Kong, in December 2013.
He was allegedly carrying more than 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his checked luggage.
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court handed down the sentence recently, according to Chinese news outlet Ifeng.com (file image)
According to some reports the man had already left the airport but was stopped by customs officers outside who allegedly found the methamphetamine in his checked luggage.
'On the morning of June 10, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment on the smuggling of drugs by the Australian defendant and sentenced him to death for the crime of drug smuggling,' the Chinese news site said.
His assets would also be seized by authorities, the court said.
Daily Mail Australia has approached the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comment.
The news follows diplomatic ties between Australia and China becoming increasingly strained in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
More to come.
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