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Australian grandma sentenced to death for drugs in Malaysia

Thursday, 24 May 2018 | 12:50 PM MYT

A file photo of Maria Elvira leaving following her release at the High Court in Shah Alam. - Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR: An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was sentenced to death after an earlier acquittal was overturned, her lawyer said.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1kg (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying.

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