Accused drug mule Cassie Sainsbury claims phone evidence proves she is innocent
Accused Colombian drug mule Cassie Sainsbury claims evidence that could set her free from prison is inside her phone and she can't remember the password.
The 22-year-old South Australian woman also claims she received death threats from a mystery man who packed her suitcase with cocaine.
Ms Sainsbury says her frightening ordeal began when she applied for a job as an international courier.
"I found myself in a bad situation, and I suppose I couldn't find a way out," she said.
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The former personal trainer claims she was offered $10,000 to transport documents.
She had never met her boss, but needed the money.
She was flown to Bogota Bogota in Colombia where she met a man called Angelo - the alleged king pin of the operation.
Ms Sainsbury says she didn't know he'd packed her suitcase with cocaine.
"All I knew was it was a package. I didn't know exactly what was in it, I didn't know it was headphones. I didn't know. I wasn't allowed to look, I wasn't allowed to touch. It was packed in my suitcase, it was locked, and that was it," she said.
When she tried to back out, Ms Sainsbury claims Angelo threatened to kill her family, even sending her surveillance photos of her mother, sister and fiancé in Adelaide.
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That type of evidence could set her free from prison, but she says it's on her phone and she can't remember the passcode.
"I haven't used it for nearly six months. I'm not going to remember a pattern," she said.
The plan was to deliver the package to Hong Kong but instead, she was arrested at Bogota's El Dorado Airport and 5.8kg of cocaine was found in her luggage.
During her legal fight, Ms Sainsbury failed to take a plea deal which could have seen her out in two years.
She's now facing at least 21 years in prison.
"Obviously, I'm hoping to go home. I'm hoping to get on with my life. If that's what the judge decides to give me, then that's what I get," she said.
Ms Sainsbury face court again on Tuesday.
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