An Abbotsford man who smuggled drugs across the U.S. border almost four years ago has lost his bid for a new trial.
Randeep Singh Match, who's serving five and a half years in prison, had hoped a BC Supreme Court judge would agree to try him separately from his co-accused, Manindervir Singh Virk.
In 2009, they were caught carrying duffel bags stuffed with $2 million worth of cocaine bricks.
Match claims he's innocent, but didn't testify at his trial because his former lawyer indicated he would be acquitted.
The judge dismissed his request when he was sentenced in august, but didn't explain why until this week.
She says Natch was well aware he could have testified, but still chose to follow his lawyer's advice.