A US woman who flew to Australia with a gold-plated pistol in her luggage has been sentenced to a year in jail, despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.
Liliana Goodson pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing an unauthorised firearm and illegally importing ammunition.
On Monday, the 30-year-old was sentenced in Sydney’s Downing Centre local court to the 12-month jail term, of which four months will be served in full-time custody.
This story really has just so much going for it: Florida woman. American with a gun. American ignorant of other countries. Clown college. Face tattoos. Lying to the police with hilarious evidence.
Do you have anything prohibited?
No.
What about this gun?
Oh, I forgot about that.
“A review of Goodson’s phone revealed she had searched online “can I have a gun in my suitcase?” and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to “put gun in suitcase”.”
Oh, and her “defensive gun” is a blinged-out gold-plated 1911 that would make a Cartel boss blush.
Not exactly the most practical gun for self-defense and she confesses she would be afraid to shoot it and therefore probably doesn’t know how to use it properly.
I loved that she said she would probably pistol whip someone instead of shooting them. Just the best response.
I believe she wasn’t lying when she said she forgot about the gun, she seems that stupid to me
If she has to put a reminder to remember to bring the gun I think she could have forgotten. Is being dumb a legal defense in Australia?
Also “it’s my emotional support gun because I fucked up my brain with synthetic drugs”
And yet America let her have a gun.
“despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.”
What an odd way to word that from the writer?
Yea, it reads as though that would be a totally reasonable defense but she had more nefarious aims and was lying.
The headline about this from another news site is definitely better “Clown School Student Who Tried to Smuggle Gold-Plated Pistol into Australia Claims Google Said It Was ‘OK’”. The more details I read about this story, the crazier it gets. This clown school student is from Florida (of course she is), and she previously had multiple guns but accidentally left them in her donation box. I hope it wasn’t a Toys for Tots donation, but at this point who knows.
Silly clown, should have asked ChatGPT! /s
We finally found the main character.
On the upside, the clown school gave her an immediate PhD…
Welcome to Australia. Slappers only.
Mrs. Scaramanga, I presume?
She’s sporting some badass lookin’ headphones. Visibly worn, presumably from use, and then blinged out with googly eyes.
That seems like a fair amount of time. That lady has some lessons to learn
But… the precious!
