Perth Aboriginal health advocate Donna Nelson has returned home as part of an international prisoner transfer after spending three years in a Japanese jail on drug smuggling charges.

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Nelson was caught up in an online romance scam and originally sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.

Speaking to 6PR Weekends host Rusty Collett, Nine reporter Jamie Freestone – who covered Nelson’s case – recalled her first day in court.

“I won’t ever forget when she walked into the courtroom on the first day of her trial and that was the first time she [had] seen her children. They were about a metre from each other but they couldn’t even reach out to touch hands,” he said.

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