France, Feb. 3 -- Thirty-four-year-old Tom Felix was freed on Tuesday after the High Court in the northern city of Alor Setar ruled that prosecutors had failed to establish that he had control, custody, or possession of the drugs at the centre of the case.

"The accused is, therefore, released and acquitted," Judge Evawani Farisyta Mohammad said as she delivered the verdict.

Felix - who appeared in court wearing a white t-shirt and trousers with his hands cuffed- looked visibly relieved as the decision was read out.

His parents, Jean-Luc and Sylvie Felix, embraced shortly afterwards, marking an emotional end to a long legal ordeal.

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