Posted on 04/18/2018 8:40:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A Canadian woman who tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Australia has been convicted and sentenced to eight years behind bars.
Melina Roberge, 24, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to smuggling 95 kilos (209 pounds) of the drug into the Sydney Harbour in 2016, following an exotic weeks-long cruise that she and an accomplice documented on social media.
Roberge and her accomplice, Isabelle Lagace, had turned their Instagram accounts into travel diaries in the summer of 2016, posting glamorous photos and boasting about their intercontinental adventures on the MS Sea Princess, a cruise ship that docked in 17 ports in 11 countries before it finally stopped in Australia.
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Roberge — who became known as “Cocaine Babe” in headlines — will serve at least four years and nine months, without eligibility for parole; she will eventually be deported to her home country, the Associated Press reported.
“She was seduced by lifestyle and the opportunity to post glamorous Instagram photos from around the world,” Judge Kate Traill said in New South Wales state District Court, according to the AP.
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“Look at me! Look at me!”
You look like somebody going to prison.
Watch out for the ladies with the mop handles. You don’t want splinters in your money-maker.
She doesn’t look all that crazy to me...
You already know that the answer is “Without a doubt!”
Another Irish Sun story references she got her start being recruited by a sugar daddy who then pimped her out at nightclubs and a $15,000 payday in Morroco.
She went “pro.”
Agreed, definitely Not Guilty! Set her free.
She is an independent pharmaceuticals distribution specialist.
The articles say that the women met when they were both “escorts.”
In other words, hookers.
One sentenced to four and a half years, the other to eight? What’d the guy get?
Wow, she did the crime but she sure as hell ain’t guilty!
Smuggler’s blues!
What did the judge get?
I’m trying to figure out how God got that much stupid into one person, but the I remembered that 62 million people voted for Hillary, so being that dumb isn’t even a little pit unique
4 years in jail isn’t bad. When she gets out, she’ll still be young and hot, so will still be able to use her body to attract people, find a mate, and earn a living.
I say that because I highly doubt she will use her brain to do so.
She’ll serve 4 years?? Just Imagine if a guy had done this. 10+ minimum.
The one on the right looks a little guilty.
Just another stupid slag.
How much time does she need to put on her makeup each morning?
I imagine the boob job and a lifetime supply of Monistat and Kleenex was included in the job.
He's not joking, and don't call him Shirley.
Not a Laz-type chick. She ain’t got enough junk in the trunk.
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