US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year

[tenderfoot]

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.

Goodson was taken into custody immediately after the hearing and forced to remove her extensive jewellery before being handcuffed and led from the court.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/09/us-woman-caught-with-golden-gun-in-luggage-at-sydney-airport-jailed-for-a-year-ntwnfb

The Aussies don't f*** around.

[malaise]

1. Don't try that shit

down under
Bravo OZ

[Scrivener7]

2. Good.

Entitled asshole.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Did it shoot gold-plated bullets?

[yagotme]

6. Charge a million a shot... nt

[gay texan]

9. Does she have a third nipple? N/t

[petronius]

5. Not the sharpest bulb in the chandelier...

When asked at the airport if she was carrying any prohibited items with her, Goodson claimed she was not, the court was told.

“What about the gun in your bag?” she was asked by a customs officer.

Goodson replied: “Oh yeah, 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”.

(And yes, the subject line is deliberate.)

[maxsolomon]

10. "Can I bring a handgun to Australia?" is the search she should have done.

What a ding dong.

She'll never be allowed to travel to a British Commonwealth nation ever again. They'll laugh at her at the Canadian border.

[Aristus]

7. Fuck around and find out, lady.

Gun nuts, amirite?

[Ping Tung]

8. She was protecting herself from Killer Koalas who had taken the same flight.

[tenderfoot]

13. No... Yowees or Bunyaps

Red kangaroos perhaps

[sinkingfeeling]

12. No, they don't. I had a woven palm leaf flower given to me by my New Zealand guide, confiscated at Sydney airport.