Mokbel lackey accused of drug dealing in front of son he was let out to see Tony Mokbel leaves the Supreme Court after being sentenced. A TONY Mokbel lieutenant granted early parole after the Court of Appeal ruled he should be shown mercy to care for his children is back in jail after being arrested for drug-trafficking allegedly in the company of one of his young sons. The 53-year-old man had his parole revoked on Tuesday after he was arrested and charged with possessing and trafficking a drug of dependence. The man had originally been sentenced to a four-year jail term with a two-year non-parole period for his involvement in several drug syndicates, including one run by Mokbel. He had argued at the time for a reduced sentence due to exceptional circumstances but Justice Simon Whelan had not accepted the argument. Last year, he went to the Court of Appeal to argue for a reduced sentence on the grounds his wife had significant mental illnesses and his two teenaged sons were experiencing "difficulties." One of his sons had mild autism. The Court of Appeal rarely hands down reduced sentences for "exceptional circumstances" but on this occasion justices Chris Maxwell, Geoff Nettle and Robert Redlich ruled that "the test of exceptional circumstances had been met." The Crown prosecutor agreed. "We were persuaded that the case for mercy in the interests of the applicant's family members were made out," the justices said. They ruled that significant problems had arisen including the man's wife becoming suicidal and the younger son attempting suicide. "On the uncontested expert evidence, these extremely grave consequences were the direct result of the applicant's imprisonment," the Court of Appeal ruled. In light of these matters, we were satisfied that the test of exceptional circumstances had been met. The man's jail term was cut to three years and his non-parole period cut to one year, making him immediately eligible for parole. But two weeks ago, police arrested the man and charged him with drug offences after searching his car. It's alleged that at the time of his arrest he had one of his sons with him. "On 28 June at 7pm in Kew police arrested and charged a 53-year-old man with possessing and trafficking a drug of dependence," a Victoria Police spokesman said. He said the man would appear in court on July 30. The Adult Parole Board of Victoria confirmed the man had been released on parole in October last year and had been monitored by Community Correctional Services. Parole Board general manager David Provan said the board heard the man's case and was satisfied the man had failed to fully comply with the conditions of his parole.