An Auckland man jailed for distributing Islamic State propaganda videos has lost an appeal to cut his sentence short.
Mt Roskill man Imran Patel, 26, shouted: "Tell John Key to stop being a slave to America and get out of Iraq," as he was dragged out of the room by guards after being handed a sentence of three years and nine months' at the Auckland District Court in June.
The sentence made him the first person in New Zealand to be handed a punishment for possessing footage of extreme violence.
On Monday, the High Court turned down his request to have his jail time cut.
His lawyers argued the punishment was too harsh, given the level of culpability Patel had in the crime and the judge had made a mistake by comparing the case to child pornography.