So, the deal is done.
Cassie Sainsbury, the 22-year-old woman from Adelaide caught with 5.8 kilos of cocaine, has been sentenced to six years for drug trafficking.
Back in April, she pleaded guilty to charges having been caught with the drugs hidden in her luggage leaving Bogotá airport.
After the paperwork was signed, her lawyer Orlando Herran said the judge had factored in claims she was forced to carry the drugs due to threats made against her family.
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