An Appeals Court has thrown out the Attorney General's request to revoke bail granted to Scottish boxer Scott Dixon over his case related to the trafficking of almost half a ton of cannabis. 

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The Attorney General had appealed a decision by a magistrate to reprimand Mr Dixon instead of revoke his bail when he was charged with breaching the bail conditions.

However, Mr Justice David Scicluna, presiding over the Appeals Court ruled that the AG could not appeal such a decision as Mr Dixon had not been charged with breaching a specific provision of the law that made skipping bail a criminal offence. 

The court heard how Mr Dixon appeared before a magistrate on February 4 to determine an application filed by the Police Commissioner to revoke Mr Dixon's bail because he had been caught outside at a times when he should have been home.

After considering the evidence, the magistrate decided to "issue a very strict a severe warning that no such other misdemeanours or weak excuses will be tolerated further".  

The Attorney General appealed the decision, saying the court had no other option than to revoke bail and order Mr Dixon's rearrest. The defence team, on the other hand, held that the decision was not something that could be appealed. 

Mr Justice Scicluna upheld this argument as Mr Dixon had not been charged under a specific legal provision that the AG could appeal and, therefore, rejected the request. 

Police Superintendent Dennis Theuma prosecuted while lawyers Michael and Lucio Sciriha appeared for Mr Dixon. 

In 2009, Mr Dixon, together two Serbs, a British couple and a Maltese man, had been arraigned in connection with one of the biggest hauls of cannabis on the island.

He is pleading not guilty to conspiring to traffic in half a ton of cannabis and being in possession of the drug between June and September 2009. It had an estimated street value of €1.5 million.