Updated: Gozitan farmer jailed for 18 years

Gozitan farmer Paul Muscat, 59, has been jailed for 18 years and fined €45,000 after being found guilty by a jury of cultivating cannabis, possessing and trafficking cannabis. He was however unanimously found not guilty of conspiring with others to...

Gozitan farmer Paul Muscat, 59, has been jailed for 18 years and fined €45,000 after being found guilty by a jury of cultivating cannabis, possessing and trafficking cannabis. He was however unanimously found not guilty of conspiring with others to dealing in cannabis.

The jurors returned the verdict after almost eight hours of deliberation.

Muscat was found guilty by seven votes to two of cultivation and by eight votes to one each of possession and trafficking.

The trial was presided by Mr Justice Joseph Galea Debono.

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