The fifth witness in the case of Aiden Alec Hurtado told the Suva High Court today that Hurtado did not speak English well when he spoke to him at Nausori Airport on 7th February, 2014.
Hurtado is alleged to have imported 20.5kg of illicit drugs into the country in 2014.
Esei Matatolu who was working as a customer service assistant at Nausori Airport in 2014 told the court that when Hurtado reached the Airport, he told him that one of his bags was missing.
Matatolu says that when he asked Hurtado for more details he had to repeat himself in order to get the message across Hurtado.
The witness then told the court that he offered Hurtado to go to his place to have his shower and get some clothes.
Matatolu says that Hurtado did not speak much but in response he only said the word “ok”.
When Assistant DPP Michael Delaney asked him to explain if he had any intentions to offer Hurtado the assistance, Matatolu said that he had no intentions but offered the help because he assumed that Hurtado did not have any clothes to wear since his bag was missing.
The prosecution witness also told the court that he later took Hurtado to a hotel in Suva on the same day.
The trial will continue today in the Suva High Court.
