Donna Nelson’s five daughters cherish her letters, penned from almost solitary confinement in a Japanese jail.
The 59-year-old flew to Tokyo expecting to meet her future husband Kelly, following a two-year online relationship.
Instead, customs officers found 2 kilograms of methamphetamine in a suitcase she’d been asked to carry.
The court accepted the Perth grandmother was the victim of a scam, but sentenced her anyway.
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