He said de Malmanche was a bit "shell-shocked" - "We just tried not to get him to see it as a sentence, and just to see it as a request. It's easy to confuse the prosecution's request with a sentence, and I think Antony was perhaps feeling like it was a sentence."
De Malmanche is in Kerobokan Prison after being arrested in December at Bali's Denpasar Airport and charged with carrying 1.7kg of methamphetamine in his backpack.
His defence argues de Malmanche had been effectively brainwashed by hours of online chat with someone identifying as "Jessy Smith", whom he had fallen in love with.
The defence presented more than 450 pages of chat logs.
They said de Malmanche, who suffers mental illness and has a low IQ, was tricked into the Bali journey on the pretence of meeting Jessy.
However, prosecutor Siti Sawiyah wanted the court to disregard evidence from New Zealand barrister Craig Tuck, who told the court de Malmanche was not a trafficker, but a victim of trafficking.
"The defendant should not escape his responsibility for this crime ... he must be punished," she said.
The trial, which sits one day a week, takes a break next week before the defence is due to sum up its case in just under a fortnight. Mr Bellamy said the verdict could be known in a month.
-A sausage sizzle will be held at Mitre 10 Mega Wanganui today between 9am and 3pm to raise funds for the defence. So far, about $3000 has been raised locally for the legal bill which will top $100,000. A Givealittle page called Antony de Malmanche Legal Fund has raised $16,500 and can be found at givealittle.co.nz/cause/antonydemalmanchelegalfund.
