VIC contesting guilt

[penguinrampage]

So i went through a covid checkpoint to regional victoria last year. they immediately searched my bag (they told me later that is was because people in ubers do "dodgy s**t"),
they found 4 ounces of marijuana.
they didnt interview me because of covid. just told me i would get summons in mail. which i did.

so i had borrowed someones car that had broken down.
thats why i was in an uber.
i grabbed the bag in the backseat so the car didnt get broken into and the bag stolen.
the owner of the bag doesnt want me to go down for it.
is willing to admit that it belonged to them and that i was unwittingly carrying it

my question is........
does this change anything?
seeing as i was in possession of the bag is it my legal responsibility regardless?
is it worth seeing a lawyer and fighting this or do i have no case??

thankyou for your time and consideration.

 

[Tony Danos]

To be in possession the police would need to prove you knew it was there so I would contest.

 

[Tim W]

the owner of the bag doesnt want me to go down for it.

The only way the owner of the bag saves you is
that he gives evidence himself, in court under oath,
that the bag was his, and that you could not have known what was in it.