Conviction in Thailand of teenager Karyn Smith for drug smuggling

Title

Conviction in Thailand of teenager Karyn Smith for drug smuggling

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

Mark Phillips reports for LBC Newstalk breakfast on the conviction of teenager Karyn Smith, who was arrested in Thailand with Patricia Cahill for drug smuggling. Includes Eric Smith on the 25-year sentence handed down, and his daughter’s innocence; Karyn’s lawyer Stephen Jakobi on the guilty plea having been entered to avoid a possible death sentence, and the continuing fight to free her.

Contributors

Eric Smith; Mark Phillips; Stephen Jakobi

Keywords

Death penalty; Drug traffic; Illegal drugs; Imprisonment; Trials; Heroin; Sentencing; Thailand; Patricia Cahill; Karyn Smith

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