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Court hears Bungendore man guilty of trying to import cocaine in excavator arm believed he wouldn't be breaking the law

Landscaper Timothy Engstrom has faced a sentencing hearing after he was found guilty of trying to import cocaine. (Supplied: Australian Border Force)

A Sydney court has heard a Bungendore landscape gardener found guilty of trying to possess nearly 300 kilograms of cocaine told a psychologist he believed if he didn't ask questions of his co-accused about the shipment he wouldn't be breaking the law.

Timothy Engstrom, 38, was found guilty of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of cocaine in the arm of an excavator by a jury late last year.

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