Australian Man Detained in China Since 2013 Sentenced to Death

Australian Man Detained in China Since 2013 Sentenced to Death
Australian flag flutters in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on April 14, 2016. Jason Lee/Reuters
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An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China for alleged drug smuggling.

Cam Gillespie was arrested with more than 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his check-in luggage in 2013 while attempting to board an international flight from Baiyun Airport in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.