Sharon Armstrong to appeal Argentinian drug-smuggling conviction

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Former deputy chief executive of the Maori Language Commission Sharon Armstrong was sentenced to four years and 10 months jail. Officials found more than 5kg of cocaine in her luggage at Buenos Aires Airport in April last year. The Wellington woman was on her way to London to meet a man she'd met online, who had asked her to travel via Argentine to pick up documents for him. The family spokesperson says Armstrong had no intention of smuggling drugs for the man, and believes she has a strong case, Radio New Zealand reported. The judge had accepted Armstrong was caught up in an online dating scam, the spokesperson said. Armstrong, who has spent 11 months in jail in Ezeiza, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, will be eligible for parole next year. NZN