Australian TV journalist jailed 10 months

Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

Peter Lloyd, age 42, a New Delhi-based correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, pleaded guilty to all three charges. He was arrested while on holiday here in Singapore on 16 July 2008 and was charged with possessing 0.41 grams of the stimulant, also known as Ice. In his rebuttal, he said was traumatised from covering wars and natural disasters. Mr Lloyd was given a jailed sentence of 10 months by a Singapore court for his drug offences.

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