Patrick Borg, of Birkirkara was today jailed for five-and-a-half years and fined €12,000 after admitting to trafficking in cocaine in May 2008 and selling the drug from his house in Birkirkara, which is located close to the primary school.

Mr Borg filed a guilty plea just before the start of a trial by jury.

He also admitted to having threatened his girlfriend with a pistol and would not allow her to leave his house.

The sentence was delivered after a plea bargaining agreement reached by defence counsel Franco Debono and Jose' Herrera and prosecutor Maurizio Cordina.

in its sentence the court observed that during the compilation of evidence, several witnesses had given evidence of having bought drugs from the accused.