Gangland kingpin Tony Mokbel will not be sent back to jail after he was re-sentenced for trafficking more than 41kg of methylamphetamine.

Mokbel, 60, had sought to have his conviction for the 2006 offending quashed, claiming barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo tainted his case.

But the Victorian Court of Appeal in October refused his appeal on the drug-trafficking charge, known under the police operation name Magnum.

His conviction was instead upheld and justices Stephen McLeish, Maree Kennedy and Stephen Kaye today re-sentenced him to 13 years, seven months and 15 days in jail, a term he has already served.

Mokbel looked down in relief as he learnt he would not be returned to prison.

The 60-year-old had also appealed another two of his other convictions, dubbed Quills and Orbital.

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