Australian actor Karm Gilespie has been sentenced to death in China on drug smuggling charges. On Wednesday he was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court for smuggling 7.5 kilograms of ice out of China. His compatriot Henry Chhin was sentenced to death for trying to send 270 grams of methamphetamine to Australia in 2004. Gilespie's journey to China began with his foray into the world of futurists and motivational speakers. The first time he was publicly identified by China's opaque judicial system or Australian authorities was when his death sentence was announced on Wednesday.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2020 07:52 UTC