A WEST Australian woman has been sentenced to eight months' jail in Indonesia after police found drugs in her handbag at a burgeoning tourist spot.
Julie Anne Joseph, of Port Hedland, has been in custody on the island of Lombok since October last year, after allegedly being found with 1.73 grams of crystal meth.
Prosecutors last month told the court they accepted the meth was for Joseph's personal use but had said then they would press charges carrying a maximum four years' jail.
Joseph meanwhile apologised to the court and begged to be spared jail for the sake of her two children, who were being teased about their mother's arrest.
With the time she has already served behind bars, Joseph, 32, will be eligible for release in June.
"I think this is fair," the truck driver told reporters at the court in Mataram.
"I will tell my family ... I'm coming home soon."
The verdict was handed down by a panel of three judges, led by Bagus Irawan, who found Joseph guilty of drug use.
In sentencing, they noted Joseph had been polite throughout the court process, had admitted wrongdoing, and had the burden of family.
Earlier in the trial, Joseph's defence lawyer, Edmond L Aipassa said his client had accepted a small package from a man she had just met in a bar in the tourist area of Senggigi.
She was in "a state of depression" at the time, he argued.
It was reported that Joseph came to the attention of police after being involved in a motorbike accident.
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