- Dec 27, 2016
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Up until now the only press I'd seen on this was when Gillespie, a former actor who appeared in Blue Heelers was arrested at Guangzhou China with a suitcase containing 7.5kg of meth. That was seven years ago, there appears to have been no news between then and now.
There is only a 10 day window for Gillespie to appeal his death sentence.
Some background is that China has been angry since Australia among others, called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the Covid 19 virus as it certainly seemed to first make it's appearance in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Beijing warned Chinese citizens against travelling to 'racist' Australia and to reconsider study, banned Australian beef imports and placed tariffs on our barley. The timing of these fraught relations mired in diplomatic disputes with China are raising concerns Gillespie may become a casualty.
China has many secrets, including how many people they execute but there is some history of setting foreigners before the firing squad if rarely westerners. In a first for Canada, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was also sentenced to death for smuggling heroin in 2019.
This is a reminder to all Australians ... that Australian laws don't apply overseas, that other countries have much harsher penalties, particularly in relation to matters such as drug trafficking. You could end up before a firing squad and we won't be able to save you.
There is only a 10 day window for Gillespie to appeal his death sentence.
Some background is that China has been angry since Australia among others, called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the Covid 19 virus as it certainly seemed to first make it's appearance in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Beijing warned Chinese citizens against travelling to 'racist' Australia and to reconsider study, banned Australian beef imports and placed tariffs on our barley. The timing of these fraught relations mired in diplomatic disputes with China are raising concerns Gillespie may become a casualty.
China has many secrets, including how many people they execute but there is some history of setting foreigners before the firing squad if rarely westerners. In a first for Canada, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was also sentenced to death for smuggling heroin in 2019.
Australian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is "deeply saddened" by a Chinese court's decision to sentence Australian man Karm Gilespie to death for drug smuggling.
www.abc.net.au
This is a reminder to all Australians ... that Australian laws don't apply overseas, that other countries have much harsher penalties, particularly in relation to matters such as drug trafficking. You could end up before a firing squad and we won't be able to save you.