year yesterday for having drugs in the visitors' area of the Prison Farm.

And The Royal Gazette can confirm Riley has also been punished by the Prison Service, seeing the loss of four of six months remission of sentence time, immediate transfer to maximum security for two months and the loss of work release privileges.

Now he has been given the maximum sentence available to Acting Magistrate Juan Wolffe to show his "grave concern'' at the offence.

Riley, 43, admitted possessing .18 grams of heroin and .51 grams of cannabis on October 17, 1999.

After a two day trial in March, his girlfriend Wendy Dill was jailed for a year for passing the drugs in a birthday card.

The guilty pleas came after a ten minute discussion between Riley and lawyer Mark Pettingill who did not eventually represent him in court.

Riley was due to be released on July 15. The crime for which he was originally jailed is not known.

But yesterday Mr. Wolffe called his three page record "atrocious'' and "horrendous'' and noted there were more than 15 convictions for drug possession.

Mr. Wolffe said Riley's actions were "totally unacceptable'', adding he came close to sending the case to the Supreme Court -- where judges can give longer sentences.

"You're lucky. You came very, very close to being sent up to the Supreme Court,'' Mr. Wolffe said. "I think you should use this opportunity to address your problems.

"You do appreciate that a breach of security of a prison is a very serious offence?'' he asked. "Drugs and drug trafficking is part and parcel of the problems in prisons. Officers are there to do their job and security is a paramount concern.'' Crown counsel Graveney Bannister said only one of three birthday cards Dill intended to give to Riley was searched due to time constraints.

But when Officer Kim Pitcher saw the pair trying to exchange watches they were confronted and he noted Dill's intoxication.

The pair were searched and a brown paper twist containing plant material and two silver foil wrappers containing a white powder were found in a card.

Riley said: "Give me a break, Pitcher..Please! It's only a little twist.

She just gave it to me as a birthday gift.'' Mr. Bannister said Riley also tried to throw the two packages away but they were retrieved.

Riley told Mr. Wolffe that after 25 years of getting high he had finally sought out counselling for his addiction, something he had "never had the courage to do'' before.

And he disputed some of the prosecution's version of events but he apologised for his actions.

"I was found guilty by the Treatment of Offenders Board,'' he said. "I was transferred back to Westgate since which I done a drug programme at Turning Point and now I'm in Focus drug counselling programme.

"I've never heard that stuff before. During the trial I only heard one question. Half of what's in there is not true.''