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Convicted drug smuggler has sentence reduced

Tue, 22 Jun 2021


An Onchan man who admitted trying to import cannabis worth £600,000 to the Island has had his sentence cut by a year, reports the BBC.

Jamie Smith was jailed for almost eight years in 2020 for conspiring to import the drug, smuggling a phone into Isle of Man prison and money-laundering.

Judge of Appeal Jeremy Storey QC and Deemster Alastair Montgomerie upheld Smith's drug-related sentences, but lowered the terms for the other crimes.

As a result, Smith was handed a new sentence of six years and 11 months

 

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