The former Warriors star, whose 36th birthday is later this week, pleaded guilty last year to a single representative charge of importing the Class A drug. The offence carries a maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment.
He and brother Lopini Lautau Mafi, 49, who pleaded guilty to the same offence, appeared before Judge Jonathan Moses in Manukau District Court today - Vatuvei in person and Mafi via audio-video feed. Mafi was sentenced to seven years and two months' prison.
