Got off easy: a blogger who was caught with 15 kg of cocaine paid a fine of 4 thousand rubles

British police detained 32-year-old Stephanie Nelson driving a Porsche in the Dartford Tunnel back in July 2019. 15 kg of cocaine was found in the car, with a total value of 1.5 million pounds (about 150 million rubles). The single mother was then four months pregnant. As a result of long court proceedings, the well-known entrepreneur got off with a slight fright and a fine of 41 pounds (about 4,100 rubles). Find out how the British woman managed to get away with it, from our material.

The owner of the cosmetics company, who is used to leading a luxurious lifestyle, got caught on the hot, carrying 15 kg of cocaine in her Porsche. In the Royal Court of Maidstone, it was recognized that the total amount of funds obtained by dishonest means amounted to 10,000 pounds (about 1 million rubles).

Stephanie Nelson was arrested in July last year. A resident of Cheshire owned a cosmetics company, and her pages in social networks were full of photos from holidays at exotic resorts, in luxury hotels and yacht trips.

The lawyers of the accused argued that she was not paid anything for the transportation of drugs. The investigators began to carefully study all the financial affairs of the entrepreneur. As a result, they managed to prove that she received only 10,000 pounds (about 1 million rubles) illegally.

54-year-old John Markham was also sentenced to 10 years behind bars, but then the term was reduced to 9 years. He passed 83% pure cocaine to Stephanie Nelson in the parking lot of The Yeoman pub in Birsted, Kent. The lawyers stated that the man received only 106 pounds (about 10,600 rubles) for the transfer of drugs, but after confiscation it turned out that the real profit was 500,500 pounds (about 50 million rubles). However, Markham was awarded a fine of only 3,231 pounds (about 323,000 rubles) — the value of his car, his only personal property, which has already been confiscated.

The bags of cocaine were hidden inside the trunk. John Markham handed the drugs to Stephanie just 20 minutes before she was stopped by the police. The British woman claimed that she did not look at what was in the boxes, and did not know about their contents. Her lawyer said that the woman was a victim of physical and psychological abuse by an ex-boyfriend who harassed her. However, the judge did not take this into account during the consideration of the case.

Meanwhile, Jed Texas, a famous fashion model from the UK, can spend 15 years in hellish conditions in an Indonesian prison because of a small bag of marijuana. The guy was arrested during a raid on a villa where he was vacationing with friends