Doctor's son jailed

The son of a leading Territory surgeon has been jailed for eight months in Indonesia on drugs charges.

Richard Jonathon Wardill, 27, of Darwin, had faced up to six years behind bars.

He was convicted yesterday of buying four ecstasy tablets on Batam, an island off the southeast coast of Sulawesi.

Wardill was arrested after buying the tablets from two women in the street.

His father, Jon Wardill, is a prominent surgeon at Royal Darwin Hospital.

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Pubdate: 8th February 2005
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