An estate agent facing meth and perjury charges has taken the stand in her own defence, saying "coded" language which police claim she used to discuss drugs was simply real estate banter. Police allege they received an unknown quantity of P from high-end drug dealer Brett Campbell Bogue on or about October 6, 2012. Tonya Spicer's lawyer Ron Mansfield yesterday told the court the Spicers had no knowledge of Bogue's P dealing network, despite knowing him for years. Mansfield refuted this suggestion and blamed drug squad police officers for misinterpreting "mundane" conversations about a real estate transaction. She said references in recorded conversations to contracts, listings and viewings were simply "real estate banter", not drug talk.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2017 16:03 UTC