AUSSIE DAD LEARNS HIS FATE AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT WITH METH IN BALI
An Australian dad caught with meth in Bali has spoken publicly for the first time after escaping a lengthy jail sentence.
Troy Andrew Smith, 49, appeared in Denpasar District Court on Thursday, where a panel of judges sentenced him to to undergo social and medical rehabilitation at Anargya Sober house for six months.
The father-of-two originally from Port Lincoln in South Australia, was caught with 3.19g of methamphetamine inside a Colgate toothpaste container at Champlung Mas Hotel in Legian on April 30.
He and his new wife Tracy Ijusa were holidaying on the island when Indonesian police raided their resort room.
The court previously heard that police found a further 0.4g of the drug that had been bought in Bali, along with a bong and a lighter. The charges carried a maximum 12-year sentence.
'The defendant has been found guilty for abusing drugs for his personal use , and therefore the defendant sentence to undergo medical and social rehabilitation at Anargya Sober House for six months, reduce the time he served in custody,' the presiding judge Ketut Suarta read on.
The judge acknowledged that Smith showed polite behaviour during the trial, admitted his act, show remorse for his act, and never commit other criminal before.
A relieved Smith addressed the media outside court after he was sentenced.
'I want to say thank you to my lawyer Sakti,' he said.
'To my beautiful mum and sister, sorry and thank you and to Tracy, whose support and love I lean on every single day.'
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