A NSW Hunter Valley horse racing identity has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail, with five-and-a-half years non-parole, over a cocaine importation conspiracy.
Key points:
- Felicity Fraser has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years behind bars
- Fraser pleaded guilty to a charge relating to a drug importation conspiracy
- She will serve a non-parole period of five-and-a-half years
Last year, Scone woman Felicity Fraser pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug over four years between 2017 and 2021.
It relates to several shipments from South America that either contained drugs or were imported under the impression they contained drugs.
Judge Peter McGrath told a Newcastle court that determining a sentence for Fraser was a “complex exercise”.
While Fraser was involved, he said her co-accused was the conspiracy’s leader.
“Ms Fraser’s role was not at the top level. This was not a conspiracy of equals,” Judge McGrath said.
However, he noted that Fraser knowingly engaged with employment after she became aware that drugs were involved in a secretarial-style job she had undertaken.
Read more https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/upper-hunter-horse-identity-sentence-cocaine-import/102719424
