Opium smuggling trial jury goes out.

May 22 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

She suggested that he would have been keeping vigil at his girlfriend's home, but on the day the parcel arrived he was doing some decorating at his house and helping a friend to fix his car.

She said: “'Not the actions of a drug importer.”

The court heard during the trial that the package was addressed to Yusif's girlfriend Cheryl Page and Miss Hussain submitted that the chance of her opening it would have been “quite a risk to take” for the importer.

She also pointed out that Yusif's home and belongings were searched and there was no other evidence linking him to drugs.

“It’s not enough if you think he might have done or could have done it. You have to be sure”, she said.

The jury spent just over an hour considering the evidence in the case yesterday and will resume discussions this morning.