INDONESIAN prosecutors have revealed they were considering charges carrying the death penalty for a former Australian policeman arrested in a drug raid.
ANDREW Roger, alias Roger Yeo, should be jailed for 16 years over the stash of marijuana, crystal meth and pills found in a raid of his east Java home in May, a court has heard.
Prosecutor I Wayan Oja on Thursday said he had at first weighed trafficking charges over the haul, which would have carried a maximum penalty of death.Instead, he was pressing drug possession charges and requested Roger, 51, serve 16 years from a possible 20 years."He was caught while using it," he told the court in Surabaya, referring to evidence that Roger, formerly of Darwin, was rolling a joint when police stormed in."He also didn't deny that the evidence was his."The defendant's actions are against the government program to combat drugs."The defendant was also a police officer in Australia which means he should have known better about the law."Roger has previously pleaded with the court for leniency, saying he's suffered a long and powerful addiction to marijuana.Giving evidence last month, he claimed he smoked up to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day.Roger, who says he's a former police officer and waste contractor, said he had been using the drug since he was aged 15.If he didn't, he said he suffered anxiety and insomnia.In Roger's favour, the prosecution said, were his co-operation, admission and evidence he was supporting five children.Roger's lawyer Budi Sampoerna said the sentencing request was "fantastical and baseless"."Such a sentence request of 16 years' jail is usually applied for evidence of more than 1kg," he said."We will analyse this prosecutor's request first." The trial resumes on January 5.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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