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Lyon loses appeal on drug convictions

Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Local

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Lyon loses appeal on drug convictions
Mark Lyon pictured at Avatiu Harbour in October 2002, following an ill-fated trip to Mangaia on his new speedboat on a Sunday. The boat went aground on the island's reef. 16070307

A FORMER prominent Auckland businessman turned drug addict, who lived on Rarotonga with his family in the early 2000s, has failed in a bid to overturn his convictions for a number of serious sex and drugs offence.

A FORMER prominent Auckland businessman turned drug addict, who lived on Rarotonga with his family in the early 2000s, has failed in a bid to overturn his convictions for a number of serious sex and drugs offence.


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