A 28-year-old South African man (pictured above with his wife) has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. The man, known as Deon Cornelius told his family he was in Durban but was actually out of the country and smuggling drugs.
Cornelius has now been sentenced to death in Kuala Lumpur for trafficking 1.9kg of methamphetamine into Malaysia. The South African Department of International Relations and Co-operation said on Friday it had been informed of the accused’s sentence by its consular services in Malaysia.
“When a person is sentenced to death by the high court in Malaysia, the case will automatically be referred to the court of appeal,” spokesman, Nelson Kgwete, said.
According to Angelique, the wife of Cornelius, a Nigerian is linked to her husband’s arrest and trial.
Speaking with news24.com, Angelique said her jobless husband had met a Nigerian man known as Tony in Durban, and that he was the one that talked his husband into travelling to Malaysia where he was arrested for drug smuggling and now sentenced to death.
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