The 59-year-old smiled broadly after judges Lord Doherty and Lord Matthews slashed the gangster's sentence.
Crime boss Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson beamed with delight on Tuesday and gave a thumbs up sign to prison staff after appeal judges cut almost four years from his jail term.
Stevenson pleaded guilty to being involved in the supply of cocaine. He also admitted a separate charge of being involved in serious and organised crime by having a leading role in the street Valium factory. Lord Ericht gave Stevenson 12 years for the cocaine charge and eight years for the offence - he ordered the sentences to be served consecutively because he believed the offences were “different” to each other.
Lord Doherty and Lord Matthews agreed with the submissions made to them by Mr Ross and decided to impose a sentence of 16 years and three months on Stevenson. Stevenson, who observed proceedings from prison via video link, started smiling broadly as Lord Doherty announced the court’s decision. Passing sentence, Lord Ericht made references to the charges on the indictment brought before the court to tell Stevenson: “In respect of charge three I sentence you to a period of imprisonment of 12 years, backdated to 9 February 9 2022, the date of your arrest in the Netherlands.
“Because the cocaine operation and the Etizolam operation were different operations, the sentence for charge 8 will be consecutive to the sentence for charge 3 and I am satisfied that the total period of 20 years imprisonment is fair and proportionate."
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