The retired Scottish judge, who sat on the Lockerbie bombing trial, said a criminal sentenced to two years inprison should serve the full term rather than being released early on parole.
As Mr. Taylor serves his prisonterm, his rival warlord, Prince Johnson, will servea second termin Liberia's senate, protected by his country's refusal to try war perpetrators.
If he loses the appeal he is expected to serve his sentence ina British prison, as the Dutch government only agreed to host the trial if any ensuing jail term was served in another country.