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Promising film maker gets 12 months for supply of Ecstasy
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Just thought I'd bring this up as it does not appear to have made it into the online press as yet;
An 18 year-old man has just been given a 12 month custodial sentence for possession of 80 pills in the Earth nightclub in Southampton. The court accepted his defence that, instead of buying drinks for friends with his birthday money, he was giving out pills at cost price.
They found 30 on him in the club, and 50 more in his car.
My opinion: to be honest a sober assessment might have concluded that this wasn't exactly a Mr. big conviction, and thus would have imposed a suspended sentence which would have been sufficient for a first offence.
Its a bit of cautionary tale too, regarding how the Police and CPS will sometimes see supply cases, especially at a time when for most users pills seem mean very little in terms of danger or legal considerations.
I would also say that he was bloody naieve to be carrying that much around in a place where he was going to be attracting such attention to himself. But i still maintain that this custodial sentence is not in the public interest.
An 18 year-old man has just been given a 12 month custodial sentence for possession of 80 pills in the Earth nightclub in Southampton. The court accepted his defence that, instead of buying drinks for friends with his birthday money, he was giving out pills at cost price.
They found 30 on him in the club, and 50 more in his car.
My opinion: to be honest a sober assessment might have concluded that this wasn't exactly a Mr. big conviction, and thus would have imposed a suspended sentence which would have been sufficient for a first offence.
Its a bit of cautionary tale too, regarding how the Police and CPS will sometimes see supply cases, especially at a time when for most users pills seem mean very little in terms of danger or legal considerations.
I would also say that he was bloody naieve to be carrying that much around in a place where he was going to be attracting such attention to himself. But i still maintain that this custodial sentence is not in the public interest.
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He will only serve six months, more than likely.
Does that matter? At all?
What's the most amount of pills people here have seen? I've seen about 1,000 before.
Still tho - 6months inside for 80 garys - gotta be gutted.
15,000 in a plastic bag, back in the old days
well yes it does, because the courts took that into account as evidence of character and conduct. Whether or not you think this should have been done is a separate issue.
well quite, but I was being conservativ because that level of dosage is utterly pointless, you may just as well burn the bloody things.
Given the rock bottom prices for pills these days vs. the potential jail time I'm mystified as to why anyone deals it.
Rock bottom prices outside clubs though. You can sell pills in clubs for 3 or 4 quid and make over 400% profit. On a good night you can make a decent weeks wage.
Still the penalty for getting caught is too steep.
I spoke to a young man a little while ago, who's on something of a gangsta ego trip. Knew him when he was about 12, and he's changed quite a bit. I asked him a bit about why he wanted to deal (coke, pills and weed mainly) and he said that he gets a buzz walking around carrying.
Its not just about a rational choice economy; its also about social capital (i.e: who you know) and cultural capital (i.e:what you know and what you can do with it). There is an empowerment, and a status that comes with the territory, and also the issue of power that comes with moving in unscrupulous circles.
At the lower and of the chain, and particularly with the younger contingent, I would suggest that this forms a considerable part of what shapes their behaviour.
I suppose so, still as you say its not much money for potentially a lot of time inside.
I think that is very true, I used to know people who dealt quite a bit just to fund their nights out, which is a bit mad when you think about it rationally.
this is where a girlfriends bra comes in useful
i can easily see why people do it.. like skive said they go for 3/4 quid a touch easily and even more at some events ..
either way its quite harsh .. ive a mate whos going away here for 2 years .. he was caught with a stupid amount of diazepam on top of other things
Most i've seen was about 2000.
Seems really harsh. 42 pills could quite easily be for personal use for him and three mates.
Theres no such thing as personal for you and your mates, thats dealing, stupid really but thats the way it is.
Yeh I Know.
i just mean most people will have picked up for their mates and themselves at the same time (all chuck in £20, that sorta thing).
Shame.
fuck me was he supplying the sentencing judge?
He was 19 and hadn't been in trouble before, there wasn't much cocaine, only couple of grams.
Dunno what happened,just musta been a lenitent judge..i tell you he celebrated that night after the court case.
did he get off his wack?!:p
pills n coke session ye ? lol