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Kiwi on Bali mule charges 'trusting'

A KIWI who says he was tricked into carrying drugs into Bali was "abnormally trusting" due to his mental condition and low IQ, his trial in Bali has heard.

A NEW Zealand man's intellectual impairment and mental illness made him particularly vulnerable to manipulation by a drug syndicate that preyed on lonely hearts, a psychiatrist has testified.

ANTONY de Malmanche could face the death penalty for trafficking 1.7kg of methamphetamine into Bali in December.

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