Dru Baggaley, 42, and his older brother Nathan Baggaley were both sentenced to more than 20 years’ jail each after being found guilty in 2021 of attempting to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug.Both men have since successfully appealed their convictions, with Queensland’s Court of Appeal setting aside the original verdict for Nathan and ordering a retrial on Friday.
Dru and another man, Anthony Draper, allegedly retrieved plastic packets of cocaine – estimated to be about 600kg – from a foreign freighter 360km off the coast of Queensland on an inflatable boat. Former Olympian Nathan Baggaley successfully overturned his convictions on Friday and will face a second trial.
“The applicant’s case among other aspects of it is that Draper was the instigator of the plot and he was told the substance being imported was tobacco. “The jury would have to be satisfied that Draper’s ‘confessions’ are not possibly true, the phone belonged to the applicant and/or the app knew or was reckless in knowing the substance was cocaine.”
Despite Dru staying clean from drugs while in jail, Justice Hindman said she found there was an unacceptable risk he would breach his bail conditions if released from prison.
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