Mum and daughter freed of drug trafficking charges


MELAKA: A mother and her daughter can now look forward to a joyful “Festa San Pedro” at the Portuguese Settlement here after they were discharged and acquitted by the High Court for drug trafficking.

Sharon Farnell, 52, and Theresa Kennedy, 26, cried tears of happiness and hugged their family members when Justice Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid freed them yesterday.

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