Cassie Sainsbury’s uncle, Neil Sainsbury, believes the 22-year-old knew what she was doing when she planned to fly out of Colombia carrying 5.8 kilograms of cocaine last month.
“Cassie has a bit of a history of skipping from one place to the next when things get a bit tough. I don’t think that she was naive at all,” Neil Sainsbury told Channel Seven’s Sunday Night.
“She had knowledge of what she was doing. Perhaps she may have had complete knowledge.”
Cassie told authorities she bought the packages off a tour guide, thinking they contained headphones that she was planning to give to the bridal party in her upcoming wedding.
Her bags were searched in Bogota airport and Cassie was arrested on charges of drug trafficking. If found guilty, the Adelaide woman will face up to 25 years in Colombian prison.
ON NOW: Cassie’s uncle, Neil Sainsbury, denies her claims he sold his business to a mystery couple who sent her overseas. #SN7 pic.twitter.com/Er8GUcnAtI
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Her fiance, Scott Broadbridge, believes she was set up.
He said Cassy received payments from the owners of a cleaning company – Karen and June Dolshol. He alleges the pair bought the cleaning company off Cassie’s uncle, Neil, and then used her as an unknowing drug mule.

Top Comments
This is just awful. Saintsbury needs to be tried in a court of law not in the court of public opinion.
She should be entitled to be presumed innocent until proven guilty----a right people charged with a crime in Australia have.
Even if she is guilty, I feel sorry for her. Her family seem to be hurting not helping her and using her distress for money. She's very young.
Spot on - all the armchair lawyers peddling their opinions everywhere are serving nothing but their own egos.
Both interviews did nothing but confirm to me she is guilty and knew what she was up to