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List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad

April 01, 2023

This list of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad includes those cases where:

  • the person was arrested and charged with or convicted of notable crimes whilst abroad.
  • the person is an otherwise notable person in Australia.

Argentina

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Stephen John Sutton Sydney, New South Wales Drug trafficking 4 February 2003 November 2008 Sentenced to 11 years. Released from prison in November 2008.[1]

Bulgaria

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Jock Palfreeman Sydney, New South Wales Murder and wounding December 2007 Paroled in September 2019 Sentenced to 20 years' jail.[2]

Cambodia

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Gordon Vuong Campsie, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) January 2005 2018 Sentenced to 13 years in May 2005.[3]

China

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Stern Hu Melbourne, Victoria Stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes 5 July 2009 July 2018 Australian iron ore enterprise businessman. Sentenced to 10 years' jail.[4]
Kalynda Davis Sydney, New South Wales No conviction 8 November 2014[citation needed] 9 December 2014
  • Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop intervened and negotiated Davis' release.[5]
  • No conviction – returned to Australia free.[6]
Henry Chhin Sydney, New South Wales Convicted of trying to send 270 grams of methamphetamine to Australia May 2004 Sentenced to death in 2005. The sentence was suspended for two years. Current fate is unknown.[7]
Karm Gilespie Ballarat, Victoria Smuggling 7.5 kg of methamphetamine out of China 2013 Death sentence announced on 10 June by Guangzhou District Court after having been missing for 7 years[8]

Colombia

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Cassandra Sainsbury Adelaide, South Australia Drug trafficking (cocaine) 11 April 2017 16 April 2020 Sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.[9] Paroled after 3 years; will remain in Colombia for 23 months.

Egypt

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Peter Greste Brisbane, Queensland Using unlicensed equipment to broadcast false information to defame and destabilise Egypt 29 December 2013 1 February 2015 (deported)
  • Sentenced on 23 June 2014 to seven years' imprisonment for using unlicensed equipment to broadcast false information to defame and destabilise Egypt.[10]
  • On 1 January 2015, the Court of Cassation announced a retrial. Release on bail was not permitted.
  • Released from prison on 1 February 2015 and deported from Egypt to face prison or trial in his home country.
  • Australia did not uphold conviction.

Fiji

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Thomas McCosker Warrnambool, Victoria Sodomy 3 April 2005 28 August 2005
  • Sentenced to 2 years' jail for sodomy.
  • Conviction overturned on constitutional grounds on 26 August 2005.[11][12]

Indonesia

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Schapelle Corby Gold Coast, Queensland Drug trafficking (cannabis) 8 October 2004 10 February 2014
  • Sentenced in 2005 to 20 years.
  • Sentence reduced on appeal in 2005 to 15 years.
  • Sentence increased on further appeal in 2005 to 20 years.[13]
  • Released from Kerobokan Prison on Monday 10 February 2014 after being granted parole on Friday 7 February 2014. Of her original 20-year sentence, Corby only served 9 years and 259 days.[14]
Andrew Chan Enfield, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005 Executed
  • Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006.
  • Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015.[15]
Si Yi Chen Doonside, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.[16]
  • Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006.
  • Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008.
Michael Czugaj Oxley, Queensland Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.[16]
  • Sentence increased to life on 6 September 2006.
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen Wellington Point, Queensland Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005 Died 9 May 2018
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.[16]
  • Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006.
  • Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008.[17]
  • Died from stomach cancer on 9 May 2018
Matthew Norman Quakers Hill, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.[16]
  • Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006.
  • Sentence reduced to life imprisonment in March 2008.[17]
Scott Rush Chelmer, Queensland Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006.
  • Sentence reduced to life imprisonment upon 11 May 2011 on appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court.
Martin Stephens Towradgi, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006.[15]
Myuran Sukumaran Auburn, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005 Executed
  • Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006.
  • Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015.[15]
Renae Lawrence Newcastle, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005 21 November 2018
  • Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006.[15]
  • Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006.[16]
  • Released and deported on 21 November 2018
Michelle Leslie Adelaide, South Australia Possession of ecstasy tablets 21 August 2005 19 November 2005
  • Controversially declared herself a Muslim during her imprisonment.[18]
  • It was alleged that some of her lawyers distributed bribes to secure her freedom.[19]
Michael Sacatides Wentworthville, New South Wales Drug trafficking (methamphetamine) 1 October 2010
  • Sentenced in 2011 to 18 years in Bali's Kerobokan Jail.[20]

A prisoner exchange agreement is currently being negotiated between Australia and Indonesia.[21]

Israel

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Denis Michael Rohan Sydney Arson attack 23 August 1969 14 May 1974 Found to be insane, and hospitalised in a mental institution. Deported from Israel 14 May 1974, and reportedly died in 1995 under psychiatric care.

Italy

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Laszlo Toth Melbourne, Victoria Vandalism 21 May 1972 9 February 1975 Vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà statue.[22]

Kuwait

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Tallaal Adrey Auburn, New South Wales *Weapons possession
*Weapons trading
*Ammunition possession
*Ammunition trading		 14 February 2005 2009 Sentenced to 4 years.[23][24]

Laos

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Kerry and Kay Danes Brisbane, Queensland Tax evasion
Embezzlement
Destruction of evidence
(pardoned and absolved)		 23 December 2000 6 October 2001
  • Sentenced to seven years prison each
  • The Australian government intervened
  • Provisionally released 6 October 2001
  • Presidential pardon 6 November 2001[25]
  • Pardon absolved the Danes convictions
  • Both returned to Australia free

Malaysia

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Kevin Barlow
(a dual British citizen)[26]		 Perth, Western Australia Drug trafficking (heroin) 9 November 1983 Executed Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986.[27][28]
Brian Chambers Perth, Western Australia Drug trafficking (heroin) 9 November 1983 Executed Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986.[27][28]
Michael McAuliffe Sydney, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 29 June 1985 Executed Executed by hanging in June 1993.[29]
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto Sydney, New South Wales Drug trafficking (methamphetamine) December 2014 26 November 2019[30] Acquitted by the Malaysian High Court and ordered immediate release.

New Zealand

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Brenton Tarrant Grafton, New South Wales Murder, Attempted Murder and Terrorism 15 March 2019 Trial date listed for 2 June 2020. Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on 27 August 2020[31]

North Korea

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
John Short Barmera, South Australia Circulation of Christian literature at a Buddhist temple 16 February 2014 3 March 2014
  • Was originally arrested for missionary work in North Korea.
  • He subsequently apologized on television.
  • Released 3 March 2014 and was deported.

Singapore

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Van Tuong Nguyen Melbourne, Victoria Drug trafficking (heroin) 12 December 2002 Executed Executed by hanging on 2 December 2005.

South Africa (Limpopo)

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia War crimes 23 October 1901 Executed Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902.
Peter Handcock New South Wales War crimes 23 October 1901 Executed Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902.
George Witton Victoria, Australia War crimes 23 October 1901 11 August 1904 Sentenced to death by firing squad, which was commuted to life in prison. Released early due to public and political pressure in England and Australia.

Sri Lanka

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Reg Spiers Adelaide, South Australia Drug trafficking (heroin) 1 December 1984 1987 Sentenced to death, acquitted on appeal.[32]

Thailand

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Warren Fellows Sydney, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 11 October 1978 11 January 1990 Sentenced to life, received a pardon.[33]
Paul Hayward Sydney, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) 11 October 1978 7 April 1989 Sentenced to 30 years, received a pardon.[33]
Nola Blake Botany, New South Wales Drug trafficking (heroin) January 1987 March 1998 Originally sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Received a Royal Pardon.
Holly Deane-Johns Western Australia Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000 December 2012 Sentenced to 31 years. Transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison in Australia in late 2007.[34]
Robert Halliwell Sydney Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000 Arrested with Deane-Johns whilst attempting to post heroin to Australia. Police later found another 110 grams of heroin in Halliwell's apartment. Sentenced to life imprisonment.[34]

A prisoner exchange agreement exists between Australia and Thailand allowing prisoner transfers.[35]

United Arab Emirates

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Samandar Hout Kilani Afghanistan / Australia Robbery July 2011 September 2013 3 year prison sentence in Dubai's Central Jail.[36]

United Kingdom

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Rolf Harris Bassendean, Western Australia Indecent assault August 2013 19 May 2017 Sentenced to 5 years and 9 months' imprisonment on 4 July 2014.
Julian Assange Townsville, Queensland Skipping Bail 11 April 2019 Sentenced to 50 weeks' imprisonment on 1 May 2019

United States

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Jean-Philippe Wispelaere Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Espionage 15 May 1999 2012 Former Defence Intelligence Organisation officer who sought to sell secrets to a foreign power.[37][38]
Mamdouh Habib Sydney, New South Wales none 5 October 2001 28 January 2005 [39]
David Hicks Adelaide, South Australia Unlawful combatant November 2001 1 January 2008 Prisoner of the US Government held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on unlawful combatant charges.[40] Returned to Australia on 20 May 2007 to serve the remaining nine months of his sentence in Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide.[41]

Vietnam

Prisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date Notes
Pham Trung Dung Vietnam / Australia Drug trafficking (heroin) May 2013 Sentenced to death on 27 June 2014.[42]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stephen Sutton website. Retrieved 22 February 2006
  2. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/jock-palfreeman-and-michelle-leslie-are-just-two-of-many-aussie-tourists-jailed-overseas-for-crimes-they-say-they-did-not-commit/story-fni0ffnk-1226843547601 , 4 March 2014
  3. ^ Australian teen jailed for 13 years over heroin 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2005
  4. ^ "Foreign Minister slams Chinese as Stern Hu gets 10-year jail sentence". Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Kalynda Davis home after being released by China without charge". www.news.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "ice smuggling allegations, allowed to return home without charge". ABC News. Australia. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Four Australians have been put to death for drug offences overseas in recent times". SBS News article. Australia. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ Singhal, Eryk Bagshaw, Rachael Dexter, Pallavi (14 June 2020). "Australian actor's journey to a Chinese death sentence". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Cassie Sainsbury sentenced to six years in Colombian jail for trafficking cocaine". ABC News. November 2017.
  10. ^ "Greste another victim of bloody-minded regime". ABC News. 23 June 2014.
  11. ^ Australian home after Fiji gay sex conviction overturned, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2005
  12. ^ Little help, no protest for Victorian jailed in Fiji, The Age, 20 August 2005
  13. ^ 'I ask for you... to find me innocent', The Age, 29 April 2005
  14. ^ "Freed Corby still to show her face".
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bali Nine all lodge appeals, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 20 February 2006.
  16. ^ a b c d e Some Bali nine jail terms cut ABC News Online, 27 April 2006
  17. ^ a b . www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Drug-accused model says she's a Muslim". The Australian. 29 August 2005.
  19. ^ Forbes, Mark (27 November 2005). "Lost funds add to bribe speculation". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 November 2007. and Forbes, Mark (17 June 2006). "Leslie's confidant lifts the veil". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  20. ^ "Australian Man Michael Sacatides Gets 18 Years Jail In Bali For Importing 17kg Of Methamphetamine".
  21. ^ Govt to consult with Indonesia over death sentences, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 7.30 Report, 14 February 2006
  22. ^ Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth, the man who smashed Michelangelo's Pieta in 1972?, Guardian Unlimited, 26 February 2006
  23. ^ Australian Man in Kuwaiti Jail Says Govt Has Failed Him 4 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Caged Prisoners, 18 May 2005
  24. ^ Foreign Prisoner Support Service, Tallaal Adrey Campaign 26 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ Kerry and Kay Danes pardoned in Laos 17 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 6 November 2001
  26. ^ "Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia". TheGuardian.com. 7 July 1986.
  27. ^ a b Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia, The Guardian, 7 July 1986.
  28. ^ a b They died at dawn 27 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, NineMSN, 30 November 2005
  29. ^ The toughest penalty, The Daily Telegraph, 15 February 2006
  30. ^ Doherty, Ben (26 November 2019). "Sydney woman Maria Exposto has drug conviction and death sentence overturned in Malaysia". The Guardian.
  31. ^ "Christchurch mosque shooting trial delayed for Ramadan". Stuff. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  32. ^ "Spiers has to wait for drug case sentencing". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 January 1988. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  33. ^ a b The Damage Done, Pan Macmillan Australia, 1997, ISBN 1-84018-275-X
  34. ^ a b Heroin addicts escape Thai death sentence, The Age, 5 July 2003
  35. ^ Asian jails not very good: Downer, The Age, 22 April 2005
  36. ^ Steve Pratt
  37. ^ Australian spy sentenced to jail in the U.S.
  38. ^ Bucci, Nino; Inman, Michael (29 October 2012). "Spy was identified through psychic, author says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2016. The 41-year-old was released earlier this year
  39. ^ Australian official saw Habib tortured: report
  40. ^ Hicks' time in custody ignored by Pentagon
  41. ^ Celebrity Hicks back in lockup
  42. ^ . Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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This list of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad includes those cases where the person was arrested and charged with or convicted of notable crimes whilst abroad the person is an otherwise notable person in Australia Contents 1 Argentina 2 Bulgaria 3 Cambodia 4 China 5 Colombia 6 Egypt 7 Fiji 8 Indonesia 9 Israel 10 Italy 11 Kuwait 12 Laos 13 Malaysia 14 New Zealand 15 North Korea 16 Singapore 17 South Africa Limpopo 18 Sri Lanka 19 Thailand 20 United Arab Emirates 21 United Kingdom 22 United States 23 Vietnam 24 See also 25 ReferencesArgentina EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesStephen John Sutton Sydney New South Wales Drug trafficking 4 February 2003 November 2008 Sentenced to 11 years Released from prison in November 2008 1 Bulgaria EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesJock Palfreeman Sydney New South Wales Murder and wounding December 2007 Paroled in September 2019 Sentenced to 20 years jail 2 Cambodia EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesGordon Vuong Campsie New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin January 2005 2018 Sentenced to 13 years in May 2005 3 China EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesStern Hu Melbourne Victoria Stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes 5 July 2009 July 2018 Australian iron ore enterprise businessman Sentenced to 10 years jail 4 Kalynda Davis Sydney New South Wales No conviction 8 November 2014 citation needed 9 December 2014 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop intervened and negotiated Davis release 5 No conviction returned to Australia free 6 Henry Chhin Sydney New South Wales Convicted of trying to send 270 grams of methamphetamine to Australia May 2004 Sentenced to death in 2005 The sentence was suspended for two years Current fate is unknown 7 Karm Gilespie Ballarat Victoria Smuggling 7 5 kg of methamphetamine out of China 2013 Death sentence announced on 10 June by Guangzhou District Court after having been missing for 7 years 8 Colombia EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesCassandra Sainsbury Adelaide South Australia Drug trafficking cocaine 11 April 2017 16 April 2020 Sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 9 Paroled after 3 years will remain in Colombia for 23 months Egypt EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesPeter Greste Brisbane Queensland Using unlicensed equipment to broadcast false information to defame and destabilise Egypt 29 December 2013 1 February 2015 deported Sentenced on 23 June 2014 to seven years imprisonment for using unlicensed equipment to broadcast false information to defame and destabilise Egypt 10 On 1 January 2015 the Court of Cassation announced a retrial Release on bail was not permitted Released from prison on 1 February 2015 and deported from Egypt to face prison or trial in his home country Australia did not uphold conviction Fiji EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesThomas McCosker Warrnambool Victoria Sodomy 3 April 2005 28 August 2005 Sentenced to 2 years jail for sodomy Conviction overturned on constitutional grounds on 26 August 2005 11 12 Indonesia EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesSchapelle Corby Gold Coast Queensland Drug trafficking cannabis 8 October 2004 10 February 2014 Sentenced in 2005 to 20 years Sentence reduced on appeal in 2005 to 15 years Sentence increased on further appeal in 2005 to 20 years 13 Released from Kerobokan Prison on Monday 10 February 2014 after being granted parole on Friday 7 February 2014 Of her original 20 year sentence Corby only served 9 years and 259 days 14 Andrew Chan Enfield New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Executed Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006 Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015 15 Si Yi Chen Doonside New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006 15 Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006 16 Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006 Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008 Michael Czugaj Oxley Queensland Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006 15 Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006 16 Sentence increased to life on 6 September 2006 Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen Wellington Point Queensland Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Died 9 May 2018 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006 15 Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006 16 Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006 Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008 17 Died from stomach cancer on 9 May 2018Matthew Norman Quakers Hill New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006 15 Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006 16 Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006 Sentence reduced to life imprisonment in March 2008 17 Scott Rush Chelmer Queensland Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006 15 Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006 Sentence reduced to life imprisonment upon 11 May 2011 on appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court Martin Stephens Towradgi New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006 15 Myuran Sukumaran Auburn New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 Executed Sentenced to death on 14 February 2006 Executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015 15 Renae Lawrence Newcastle New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 17 April 2005 21 November 2018 Sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 February 2006 15 Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006 16 Released and deported on 21 November 2018Michelle Leslie Adelaide South Australia Possession of ecstasy tablets 21 August 2005 19 November 2005 Controversially declared herself a Muslim during her imprisonment 18 It was alleged that some of her lawyers distributed bribes to secure her freedom 19 Michael Sacatides Wentworthville New South Wales Drug trafficking methamphetamine 1 October 2010 Sentenced in 2011 to 18 years in Bali s Kerobokan Jail 20 A prisoner exchange agreement is currently being negotiated between Australia and Indonesia 21 Israel EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesDenis Michael Rohan Sydney Arson attack 23 August 1969 14 May 1974 Found to be insane and hospitalised in a mental institution Deported from Israel 14 May 1974 and reportedly died in 1995 under psychiatric care Italy EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesLaszlo Toth Melbourne Victoria Vandalism 21 May 1972 9 February 1975 Vandalised Michelangelo s Pieta statue 22 Kuwait EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesTallaal Adrey Auburn New South Wales Weapons possession Weapons trading Ammunition possession Ammunition trading 14 February 2005 2009 Sentenced to 4 years 23 24 Laos EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesKerry and Kay Danes Brisbane Queensland Tax evasion EmbezzlementDestruction of evidence pardoned and absolved 23 December 2000 6 October 2001 Sentenced to seven years prison each The Australian government intervened Provisionally released 6 October 2001 Presidential pardon 6 November 2001 25 Pardon absolved the Danes convictions Both returned to Australia freeMalaysia EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesKevin Barlow a dual British citizen 26 Perth Western Australia Drug trafficking heroin 9 November 1983 Executed Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986 27 28 Brian Chambers Perth Western Australia Drug trafficking heroin 9 November 1983 Executed Executed by hanging on 7 July 1986 27 28 Michael McAuliffe Sydney New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 29 June 1985 Executed Executed by hanging in June 1993 29 Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto Sydney New South Wales Drug trafficking methamphetamine December 2014 26 November 2019 30 Acquitted by the Malaysian High Court and ordered immediate release New Zealand EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesBrenton Tarrant Grafton New South Wales Murder Attempted Murder and Terrorism 15 March 2019 Trial date listed for 2 June 2020 Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on 27 August 2020 31 North Korea EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesJohn Short Barmera South Australia Circulation of Christian literature at a Buddhist temple 16 February 2014 3 March 2014 Was originally arrested for missionary work in North Korea He subsequently apologized on television Released 3 March 2014 and was deported Singapore EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesVan Tuong Nguyen Melbourne Victoria Drug trafficking heroin 12 December 2002 Executed Executed by hanging on 2 December 2005 South Africa Limpopo EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesHarry Breaker Harbord Morant Queensland New South Wales and South Australia War crimes 23 October 1901 Executed Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902 Peter Handcock New South Wales War crimes 23 October 1901 Executed Executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902 George Witton Victoria Australia War crimes 23 October 1901 11 August 1904 Sentenced to death by firing squad which was commuted to life in prison Released early due to public and political pressure in England and Australia Sri Lanka EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesReg Spiers Adelaide South Australia Drug trafficking heroin 1 December 1984 1987 Sentenced to death acquitted on appeal 32 Thailand EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesWarren Fellows Sydney New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 11 October 1978 11 January 1990 Sentenced to life received a pardon 33 Paul Hayward Sydney New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin 11 October 1978 7 April 1989 Sentenced to 30 years received a pardon 33 Nola Blake Botany New South Wales Drug trafficking heroin January 1987 March 1998 Originally sentenced to death later commuted to life in prison Received a Royal Pardon Holly Deane Johns Western Australia Drug trafficking heroin August 2000 December 2012 Sentenced to 31 years Transferred to Bandyup Women s Prison in Australia in late 2007 34 Robert Halliwell Sydney Drug trafficking heroin August 2000 Arrested with Deane Johns whilst attempting to post heroin to Australia Police later found another 110 grams of heroin in Halliwell s apartment Sentenced to life imprisonment 34 A prisoner exchange agreement exists between Australia and Thailand allowing prisoner transfers 35 United Arab Emirates EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesSamandar Hout Kilani Afghanistan Australia Robbery July 2011 September 2013 3 year prison sentence in Dubai s Central Jail 36 United Kingdom EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesRolf Harris Bassendean Western Australia Indecent assault August 2013 19 May 2017 Sentenced to 5 years and 9 months imprisonment on 4 July 2014 Julian Assange Townsville Queensland Skipping Bail 11 April 2019 Sentenced to 50 weeks imprisonment on 1 May 2019United States EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesJean Philippe Wispelaere Canberra Australian Capital Territory Espionage 15 May 1999 2012 Former Defence Intelligence Organisation officer who sought to sell secrets to a foreign power 37 38 Mamdouh Habib Sydney New South Wales none 5 October 2001 28 January 2005 39 David Hicks Adelaide South Australia Unlawful combatant November 2001 1 January 2008 Prisoner of the US Government held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba on unlawful combatant charges 40 Returned to Australia on 20 May 2007 to serve the remaining nine months of his sentence in Yatala Labour Prison Adelaide 41 Vietnam EditPrisoner From Convictions Arrested Release date NotesPham Trung Dung Vietnam Australia Drug trafficking heroin May 2013 Sentenced to death on 27 June 2014 42 See also EditAnti Australian sentiment Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia Foreign relations of Australia List of Australian criminals Use of death penalty worldwideReferences Edit Stephen Sutton website Retrieved 22 February 2006 http www heraldsun com au news law order jock palfreeman and michelle leslie are just two of many aussie tourists jailed overseas for crimes they say they did not commit story fni0ffnk 1226843547601 4 March 2014 Australian teen jailed for 13 years over heroin Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Sydney Morning Herald 6 May 2005 Foreign Minister slams Chinese as Stern Hu gets 10 year jail sentence Sydney Morning Herald Australia 30 March 2010 Retrieved 14 February 2015 Kalynda Davis home after being released by China without charge www news com au Retrieved 15 December 2014 ice smuggling allegations allowed to return home without charge ABC News Australia 9 December 2014 Retrieved 14 December 2014 Four Australians have been put to death for drug offences overseas in recent times SBS News article Australia 23 January 2015 Retrieved 15 February 2015 Singhal Eryk Bagshaw Rachael Dexter Pallavi 14 June 2020 Australian actor s journey to a Chinese death sentence The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 29 September 2020 Cassie Sainsbury sentenced to six years in Colombian jail for trafficking cocaine ABC News November 2017 Greste another victim of bloody minded regime ABC News 23 June 2014 Australian home after Fiji gay sex conviction overturned The Sydney Morning Herald 28 August 2005 Little help no protest for Victorian jailed in Fiji The Age 20 August 2005 I ask for you to find me innocent The Age 29 April 2005 Freed Corby still to show her face a b c d e f g h i Bali Nine all lodge appeals Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 February 2006 a b c d e Some Bali nine jail terms cut ABC News Online 27 April 2006 a b Bali three have death sentences commuted CNN com www cnn com Archived from the original on 15 March 2008 Retrieved 15 January 2022 Drug accused model says she s a Muslim The Australian 29 August 2005 Forbes Mark 27 November 2005 Lost funds add to bribe speculation Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 14 November 2007 and Forbes Mark 17 June 2006 Leslie s confidant lifts the veil Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 14 November 2007 Australian Man Michael Sacatides Gets 18 Years Jail In Bali For Importing 17kg Of Methamphetamine Govt to consult with Indonesia over death sentences Australian Broadcasting Corporation 7 30 Report 14 February 2006 Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth the man who smashed Michelangelo s Pieta in 1972 Guardian Unlimited 26 February 2006 Australian Man in Kuwaiti Jail Says Govt Has Failed Him Archived 4 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine Caged Prisoners 18 May 2005 Foreign Prisoner Support Service Tallaal Adrey Campaign Archived 26 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine Kerry and Kay Danes pardoned in Laos Archived 17 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 6 November 2001 Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia TheGuardian com 7 July 1986 a b Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow executed in Malaysia The Guardian 7 July 1986 a b They died at dawn Archived 27 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine NineMSN 30 November 2005 The toughest penalty The Daily Telegraph 15 February 2006 Doherty Ben 26 November 2019 Sydney woman Maria Exposto has drug conviction and death sentence overturned in Malaysia The Guardian Christchurch mosque shooting trial delayed for Ramadan Stuff 12 September 2019 Retrieved 25 December 2019 Spiers has to wait for drug case sentencing The Sydney Morning Herald 19 January 1988 Retrieved 6 March 2015 a b The Damage Done Pan Macmillan Australia 1997 ISBN 1 84018 275 X a b Heroin addicts escape Thai death sentence The Age 5 July 2003 Asian jails not very good Downer The Age 22 April 2005 Steve Pratt Australian spy sentenced to jail in the U S Bucci Nino Inman Michael 29 October 2012 Spy was identified through psychic author says The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 15 December 2016 The 41 year old was released earlier this year Australian official saw Habib tortured report Hicks time in custody ignored by Pentagon Celebrity Hicks back in lockup Australian man Pham Trung Dung sentenced to death for heroin in Vietnam Archived from the original on 9 May 2015 Retrieved 28 June 2014 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Australians imprisoned or executed abroad amp oldid 1143804820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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