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Indonesian court sentences reporter to 7 months in drug case

Associated Press
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    British national and former news correspondent David Fox stands in a cell before his trial in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 9, 2017. Indonesian police arrested Fox Oct. 2016 for allegedly possessing hashish. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) (The Associated Press)

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    Handcuffed British national and former news correspondent David Fox, right, walks to a court room for his verdict trial in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday March 9, 2017. Indonesian police arrested Fox Oct. 2016 for allegedly possessing hashish. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) (The Associated Press)

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    British national and former news correspondent David Fox, right, listens to an Indonesian interpreter during his trial in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 9, 2017. Indonesian judges sentenced Fox to seven-months in prison for allegedly possessing hashish. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) (The Associated Press)

BALI, Indonesia – An Indonesian court has sentenced a former Reuters war correspondent to seven months in prison for possessing hashish.

The sentence announced in Bali on Thursday was less than the one-year prison term sought by prosecutors.

British national David Fox was arrested Oct. 8 along with Australian Giuseppe Serafino on the tourist island, where police confiscated a total of 10.09 grams (0.36 ounces) of hashish from Fox's clothing and house.

Fox, 55, worked for Reuters for 20 years but was fired in 2011 for making an off-color remark in an instant-messaging system while covering the 2011 Japan tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdowns.

He told Indonesian police he used the drug to overcome stress caused by covering conflicts.