AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2005
NSW: Qantas baggage handler pleads guilty to reduced charge
A Qantas baggage handler from Sydney has had his charge reduced .. for allegedly tipping
off a cocaine supplier that police had seized his luggage.
40-year-old RAYMOND CAMILLERI .. from Double Bay in Sydney's east .. was originally
charged with being an accessary after the fact .. to supplying drugs to convicted dealer
KYRAN FREDERICK TERRY.
But CAMILLERI's pleaded guilty today .. to a lesser charge of hindering apprehension
of a person committing a serious offence.
He'll face Downing Centre Local Court on February 21st for sentencing.
TERRY was sentenced to four years' jail on December 6th .. after pleading guilty to
supplying cocaine.
He was under police surveillance when his suitcase .. containing 243 grams of cocaine
.. was seized after check-in for a Sydney to Melbourne flight on February 17.
AAP RTV sn/smb/tm/rt
KEYWORD: CAMILLERI (SYDNEY)
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