Cambodia Court Rejects Appeal Of Nigerian Man Sentenced To 27 Years In Jail

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A Cambodian Court has dashed the hopes of Precious Chineme Nwoko of getting a possible reduced sentence.

Nwoko, who is also known as Precious Max and linked with several Australian women arrested for being his mules, was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment in 2014.

The court upheld his prison term, ruling that it was appropriate and in accordance with Cambodia law.

Judge Pol Sam Ouen said the sentences given by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May 2014 to 23-year-old Precious Nwoko of Nigeria was correct.

The lower court had sentenced Savarino to 25 years in prison, Taylor to 23 years and Nwoko to 27 years.

Savarino and Taylor were arrested in September 2013 at Phnom Penh International Airport after police found 2.2 kilograms (4.8 pounds) of heroin in Taylor’s luggage as they prepared to fly together to Australia.

Nwoko, Savarino’s boyfriend, was believed to have masterminded the smuggling and asked Savarino to make the arrangements.

Nwoko had posed as a successful South African businessman in Phnom Penh when he befriended Taylor on the internet. She became romantically involved with him after he had paid for her airfare to Cambodia.

On September 18, 2013, Nwoko asked Taylor, who was due to fly back to Australia, to take a backpack full of samples for an arts and crafts business in which he claimed to have an involvement.

She hadn’t made it to the check-in counter when police swooped and found about two kilograms of heroin in the backpack. Nwoko was arrested soon after.

 

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