Australian Woman Escapes the Noose for Drug Trafficking in Malaysia

Australian Woman Escapes the Noose for Drug Trafficking in Malaysia
Australian Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto is escorted as she arrives at a court in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dec. 27, 2017. Reuters/Lai Seng Sin
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KUALA LUMPUR—An Australian mother of three escaped the death penalty on Wednesday after a Malaysian court found her not guilty of drug trafficking.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, 54, was found with more than 1 kg of methamphetamine in her backpack while in transit in Kuala Lumpur enroute to Melbourne from Shanghai in December 2014.