Actress Amber Heard has escaped a conviction in Australia, after pleading guilty to providing a false immigration document when she entered the country last year with her pet Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo. Heard and her husband Johnny Depp have since issued a public apology video, in which they warn others to ‘declare everything when you enter Australia’.

Johnny Depp and Amber HeardAmber Heard and Johnny Depp have apologised for bringing their dogs into Australia.

On Monday (April 18th) the superstar couple appeared in a Queensland court where Heard was placed on a Aus$1,000 one-month good behaviour bond and two more serious charges of illegally importing the dogs were dropped.

In the courtroom an awkward filmed apology from the couple was played, which has since been likened to hostage video. "Australia is a wonderful island with a treasure trove of unique plants, animals and people," Heard said in the video. "It has to be protected," Depp adds.

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"Australia is free of many pests and diseases that are commonplace around the world. That is why Australia has to have such strong biosecurity laws," Heard continued. Depp then added: "And Australians are just as unique, both warm and direct. When you disrespect Australian law they will tell you firmly.”

Watch Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's apology video:

“I am truly sorry that Pistol and Boo were not declared, protecting Australia is important,” Heard concludes, before her husband adds, “declare everything when you enter Australia.” In court, Magistrate Bernadette Callaghan described the video as 'of far more benefit to this country' as a warning to would-be illegal importers than a conviction against Heard.

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The case made international headlines last May, after agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce threatened to have the dogs put down if they were not flown out of the country. The two dogs eventually made it back to the US on time, but the spat between the actor and the Australian minister was dubbed the ‘the war on terrier’ by the press.

During a press conference in Venice last September Depp poked fun at the scandal when a journalist asked him if he intended to take his dogs on a gondola tour of the city. ”No. I killed my dogs and ate them,” the actor replied. “Under direct orders from some kind of, I don't know, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia."