James Lake-Kusviandy Blee has told a jury he had no knowledge his father had a plan to import drugs into Newcastle.
Mr Blee said he helped his father run errands, but did not help him to smuggle drugs.
A man accused of helping his father import kilograms of cocaine into Newcastle has told a jury his father led a double life.
Queensland man James Lake-Kusviandy Blee, 24, has pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting his father to import a commercial quantity of the drug.
Mr Blee told the Downing Centre District Court jury he was not involved in any crime.
“I was never aware of anything illegal about it and now I am here and I am living my worst nightmare because of it,”
he said.
The cocaine was attached to the hull of a bulk carrier that docked in the city’s port in May 2022.
The 24-year-old’s father was arrested within a week of the ship’s arrival and extradited from Queensland to NSW.
