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Inferior Number Sentencing - drugs- possession - Class B.

[2017]JRC140

Royal Court

(Samedi)

1 September 2017

Before :

Sir William Bailhache, Bailiff, and Jurats Olsen and Sparrow

The Attorney General

-v-

Wayne Mark Highfield

Sentencing by the Inferior Number of the Royal Court, following a guilty plea to the following charge:

1 count of:

Possession of a controlled drug, contrary to Article 8(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 (Count 5).

Age: 32.

Plea: Guilty.

Details of Offence:

On 28^th December, 2015, police officers attended at the defendant's address in respect of an unrelated investigation. On entering the property they found a lump of suspected cannabis resin on the coffee table which was seized. The cannabis resin was weighed at 0.9 grams. The defendant admitted in interview that the cannabis resin belonged to him and that he had purchased it a few days earlier.

Aggravating Features

Previous conviction for possession of the same drug in 2003.

Details of Mitigation:

Full co-operation with Police.

Guilty pleas entered at the earliest stage.

Previous Convictions:

2 previous convictions for 3 offences including possession of Cannabis Resin in 2003.

Conclusions:

Count 5:

£300 fine, to be paid within 7 days or 21 days' imprisonment in default.

Forfeiture and destruction of the drugs sought.

Sentence and Observations of Court:

Count 5:

£100 fine, to be paid within 7 days or 7 days' imprisonment in default.

Forfeiture and destruction of the drugs ordered.

S. C. Thomas, Esq., Crown Advocate.

Advocate J. M. Grace for the Defendant.

JUDGMENT

THE BAILIFF:

1. It is your second offence but the Court does not consider that we ought to take the first one into account as it was 14 years ago and you were also a juvenile at the time.

2. In the circumstances you are fined £100 which should be paid within 7 days and if you do not pay it within 7 days there will be 7 days' imprisonment in default.

3. We order the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs.

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