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[–]cumbriathrow 1 point2 points  (7 children)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

At first I thought he was getting a really heavy sentence but then I read this and realized that the judge was pissssed at him for being an abusive asshole:

He was also ordered to serve four months of a suspended 12-month sentence. This had been imposed in April last year after Watt pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.

On that occasion he fractured the eye socket of a young woman when he hit her after she rebuffed his attentions in a pub.

Judge Paul Batty QC told him he was lucky the part-time judge who sentenced him for that offence had not sent him straight to prison in the first place.

The judge described that offence – which left student Sophie Horne needing an emergency operation to insert a metal plate into her face – as “extremely nasty”.

“It was an extremely merciful sentence,” he said. “You were extremely fortunate to get it.

“If you had appeared before me the sentence would not have been suspended.”

[–]cumbriathrow 2 points3 points  (2 children)

3 years for importing 100 ecstasy tablets with intent to supply around here is very lenient. I agree, the dude is a general purpose arsehole though. These non-DNM cases refer to the sentencing for ecstasy possession with intent to supply in Cumbria recently:

42 pills - 32 months: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/ecstasy-dealer-jailed-by-carlisle-court-1.1145369

175 pills plus some personal other drugs - 42 months: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/drugs-man-caught-on-carlisle-street-with-ecstasy-worth-1-750-1.1109553

Edit: The judges over here have to treat each charge separately, even if the judge was indeed pissed at him for being an arsehole, the ecstasy charge and the violence charge are separate issues and are dealt with that way.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100 e tablets, .1 mdma per pill == 10 G's of molly... == 3 years, ouch

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting...I'm always interested in becoming familiar with these kinds of laws, regardless of where they are from. Thanks for the info.

[–]PerpetualPlusFour 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah, never thought I'd say this but I don't feel any ill will at all toward that judge for throwing the book at someone for a nonviolent drug charge. He belongs in jail, and this was the charge on the table that the judge could use to send him there. How ironic, though, that this abusive shitbird ends up finally going to jail not for yet another violent offense, but for possession of the "love drug."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also hate seeing people go to jail for small time drug offenses. But in this case I agree that seeing him go away might really have righted a wrong. This guy is a violent criminal. Plus getting it mailed to your friends house without his knowledge, what a classless act. So kind of punishment should have been imposed on him

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is by far the best example of what I have been looking for that has been posted thus far, solid fact, actual case report with conviction. However, it seems as though this individual was already in extreme legal trouble, with a long history of serious violent crimes, making this case a bit unique. He also admitted that he planned to sell some of these pills, even though most were there for personal use. Voluntary admission of distribution of controlled substances, especially a schedule 1, carries a minimum mandatory sentence in many US states, and with a history of violent crime, I would say there were many more elements involved than just copping drugs.

However, that said, this is by far the best post placed on this thread. As long as it's confirmed he obtained these drugs from a darknet market.

Thanks for the post, this is a step in the right direction of what I'm trying to uncover. Please understand though that I am hoping that no one is ever in legal trouble for receiving small amounts of substance for personal use.

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