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Thu, 04/28/2011 - 14:08
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Indonesia cuts Australian's drug jail term
SYDNEY (AAP) - An Australian man jailed in Bali for possession of cocaine has had his sentence reduced to just one year from seven years.
Angus McCaskill was sentenced in February after being found guilty of possessing less than four grams of cocaine.
The Denpasar District Court in February also fined him 800 million rupiah ($A89,000), to be substituted with an additional four months' jail if he failed to come up with the money, after judges upheld the prosecutor's sentence request.
The New Zealand-born businessman, who was arrested in June 2010 at a supermarket near Bali's international airport with five plastic pouches containing 3.84 grams of cocaine, appealed against the seven-year term in the Indonesian High Court.
On Thursday, the court cut the former Melbourne resident's sentence to one year.
Prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal the decision .
Angus McCaskill was sentenced in February after being found guilty of possessing less than four grams of cocaine.
The Denpasar District Court in February also fined him 800 million rupiah ($A89,000), to be substituted with an additional four months' jail if he failed to come up with the money, after judges upheld the prosecutor's sentence request.
The New Zealand-born businessman, who was arrested in June 2010 at a supermarket near Bali's international airport with five plastic pouches containing 3.84 grams of cocaine, appealed against the seven-year term in the Indonesian High Court.
On Thursday, the court cut the former Melbourne resident's sentence to one year.
Prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal the decision .
