Last updated: February 01, 2011

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Australian Angus McCaskill jailed for seven years in Bali

AN Australian man caught with almost four grams of cocaine in Bali has been sentenced to seven years' jail.

Angus McCaskill, 57, appeared in the Denpasar District Court today, where he was also fined RP800 million ($89,000).

The New Zealand-born businessman was arrested last June at a supermarket in Tuban, near Bali's international airport, with five plastic pouches containing 3.84 grams of the drug.

McCaskill has a number of avenues of appeal open to him.

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