A CONVICTED money launderer is opposing an application to ban him from being a director or officer of any Guernsey company for up to 10 years.

The application against Roger Taylor, 62, was brought by HM Procureur on behalf of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

In January, the Royal Court sentenced Mr Taylor to two-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty on nine counts of laundering money to a value of $87,000 between October 2002 and April 2003.

An appeal was dismissed in March after which Mr Taylor sought leave to appeal to the Privy Council.

Advocate Raymond Ashton, for Mr Taylor, said the disqualification would not be disputed, but the length of it was the issue.