Perth man jailed over Bali drugs

[Oz]

An Australian man will be deported from Indonesia after he serves a five-month jail term for hashish possession, a Bali court has ruled.

 

David Bruce Houston, 38, of Perth, was sentenced Tuesday in Bali's Denpasar District Court after police, acting on a tip-off, found 2.9 grams of hashish in his pocket, outside his Kuta home in January.

 

During his trial, Houston admitted he was a drug addict and said he used marijuana regularly to relieve back pain since a fall in 1995.

 

The court accepted that he had used the drug to manage his pain, and handed him a five-and-a-half month sentence.

 

But it ruled he should be sent home after his sentence was served.

 

Prosecutors had sought an eight-month term.

 

Houston's lawyer Erwin Siregar told reporters his client accepted the outcome.

 

"We've lost, but we accept it," he said.

Author: ?

Date: 13/05/08

Source: SMH

Copyright: © 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald.

[pipeman]

the polcie busted him from a tipoff, probably by the guy who sold him the hash. Thats what you got to watch out for in poor countries with corrupt police, they'll sell you the gear, and then get a kickback/favour from the cops for getting them an easy bust.

 

they love making examples of westerners.

[everest]

man he deserves a 5 months sentence just for buying a house in Kuta .

 

ev