Convicted Isle of Man drug smuggler has sentence reduced

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Isle of Man Courts of Justice
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Jamie Smith's appeal was heard at Douglas Courthouse

A man who admitted trying to import cannabis worth £600,000 to the Isle of Man has had his sentence cut by a year.

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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