ABC journalist Peter Lloyd.

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ABC reporter Peter Lloyd has been jailed for 10 months by a Singapore court for drug offences.

Lloyd, 42, the ABC's former New Delhi-based correspondent, pleaded guilty to all three charges.

Judge Hamidah Ibrahim sentenced Lloyd to eight months for possessing the stimulant methamphetamine and another eight months for consuming it. The sentences are to run concurrently.

He was charged with possessing 0.41 grams of the stimulant, also known as ice.

Lloyd received an additional two months in jail for possessing drug paraphernalia stained with ketamine, an anaesthetic which police say has become common at dance parties.

Lloyd's reaction to the sentence could not be immediately determined because he stood with his back to the public gallery. His ex-wife broke down in tears and had to be consoled by a friend.

The television reporter has been free on bail but his jail sentence was to begin on Tuesday.

His lawyer, Hamidul Haq, said earlier that Lloyd had expressed remorse.

He was arrested while on holiday in Singapore on July 16.

Singapore's attorney general last month withdrew a charge of trafficking 0.15 grams of methamphetamine against Lloyd.

The offence carried a prison term of between five and 20 years behind bars and five to 15 strokes of the cane.

Singaporean sales executive Sani Saidi, 31, was sentenced in August to 10 months' jail after pleading guilty to possessing 0.15 grams of methamphetamine which he admitted having bought from Lloyd.

The ABC said the conviction meant Lloyd's employment with the national broadcaster had now ended.

"Peter Lloyd has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in Singapore today on drug-related charges, and as such the ABC's employment relationship with Peter has come to an end," an ABC Corporate spokeswoman said in a statement.

"This is due to the fact that Peter is unavailable to work.

"The ABC has valued and respected Peter as an employee and as an outstanding journalist who is widely admired by colleagues and industry peers."

The broadcaster spent more than $65,000 on initial legal support, counselling and related travel expenses since Lloyd's arrest earlier this year.