Briton Julian Ponder was sentenced to six years in jail and a 100,000 USD fine on drugs charges by a Bali court in Indonesia.<br/> <br />The 43-year-old was charged with the possession of 23 grams of cocaine.<br/> <br />The case is linked to that of fellow national Lindsay Sandiford, who was sentenced to death for smuggling drugs earlier this month.<br/> <br />Sandiford told police that she was to hand over nearly 5 kilograms of cocaine to Ponder and his partner Rachel Lisa Dougall.<br/> <br />Dougall was sentenced to a year in jail for failing to report a drug-related crime.<br/> <br />Ponder's lawyer said he would advise his client not to appeal.<br/> <br />Indonesia has some of the strictest drug trafficking laws in the world with many foreigners languishing in jail on Bali.
