British man Daniel Holmes, had his appeal turned down in the court this afternoon. He was appealing his sentence of 10 years 6 months and a fine of €23,000, when in 2011 he was found guilty of cultivating cannibis in Gozo.

The jail term is extended by another year if the fine is not paid. He had also faced five charges of drug possession and trafficking, four of which carried a life sentence.

Judges Joseph Zammit McKeon, Abigail Lofaro and David Scicluna, presided over the court of criminal appeal.

The Court said that Holmes was in possession of 32 plants and 600 grams of cannabis leaves, which was more than a just small production for personal use. Saying that more than 5,300 joints could have been made from what had been found.

Handing down the sentence, the Court said that the punishment was well within the parameters of the law, for which the maixmum was life imprisonment.

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