French chef jailed in Singapore drugs case

Award-winning French chef Francois Fabien Mermilliod was sentenced to the minimum term of one year in prison today in connection with a high-profile drug case in Singapore.

Mermilliod, 29, was one six foreigners charged in the case, including the former British editor of the magazine Singapore Tatler, Nigel Simmond, who was sentenced to two years in prison in December.