When you're in a hole, stop digging
Someone needs to share that sage advice with Sharon Armstrong; the Herald on Sunday reports:
Jailed Kiwi Sharon Armstrong knew she was carrying a secret parcel in a hidden compartment in her suitcase - but she is adamant she had no idea the parcel contained drugs.
The surprise revelation came in an exclusive interview with the Herald on Sunday in Buenos Aires' Unidad 31 prison.
Armstrong's faint hopes of an early release from prison were dashed when Judge Daniel Petrone confirmed he would proceed with a full investigation at a private court appearance.
In the interview yesterday, the former Wellington civil servant said she was tricked into believing she was taking a top secret business contract to a man in London that she had been dating online for six months.
"I know I have been incredibly stupid," she said. "But I was in love with him.
Five kilograms of doucuments? In a suitcase with a false bottom? Sharon Armstrong is right; she has been "incredibly stupid", and she now faces a long stay in Argentina. She would be wise to follow that advice we referred to earlier in the post, and stop offering far-fetched excuses.
7 comments:
I think your heading should have been
`How dumb is this woman'!!!
To think she held a senior position in the public service - the mind boggles.
That does turn me - if she knew the suitcase had a hidden compartment she would have known what it was for.
I agree Michael. Argentina is known as a portal for drug smuggling. Did she REALLY not have any lingering doubts as to what she was carrying?
Would ya not have looked? I mean really?
Would ya not have looked? I mean really?
This will look interesting on her Public Servant's C.V.
Faversham
When those who travel are asked to take someone else's luggage then you always go through the entire contents and check it out first and repack it. Then to do so for someone you met on the internet, then you are either very stupid, or know what you are doing. Then to claim you are a public servant also. Please help the Government and the people who previously engaged such stupidity. Maybe it would be interesting to check into her previous decisions and work. Maybe she was told by an internet friend to arrange more loans to Maori.
Post a Comment