Chell Heath cannabis-user sold drugs to fund own habit
CANNABIS user Lee Morrell supplied the drug to friends to fund his own habit, a court heard.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday heard police executed a search warrant at the defendant's address at 8.10pm on November 16.
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They found digital scales, 8.45 grams of cannabis vegetation worth £80 and £225 worth of flephedrone.
Prosecutor Fiona Cortese said: "Officers seized mobile phones which contained evidence to suggest the defendant was involved in supplying cannabis."
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In his police interview, Morrell said he smoked up to £20 worth of cannabis a day and sold to friends on occasions.
He said be bought the flephedrone to take to a party.
The defendant, aged 30, of Recorder Grove, Chell Heath, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply and possession of class B drug flephedrone.
Arif Hussain, mitigating, said Morrell was candid with police.
"He did not seek to minimise his role. He acknowledged he made a bit of money to fund his own habit."
Judge David Fletcher sentenced Morrell to a 12-month community order with a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement. He must also pay £345 costs.
3 Comments
by corbanite
Sunday, March 10 2013, 8:59AM
“What a person chooses to do in the privacy of their own home, as long as it forces no one to do what they don't want to do, should not be against the law.
This man now has a criminal record which is far more damaging to his future prospects than Cannabis could ever do.
The cost of taking him through the courts is a huge waste of money at a time when we can ill afford it and of course the additional costs as he now has to try and find a job with a criminal record so it is likely the state will have to continue paying even more because of this law.
The prohibition of Cannabis leads to a waste of public money and exacerbates the unemployment problem instead of the legalization of cannibis which brings with it a new industry, jobs and prosperity as we are currently seeing in the US.
Richard S
CLEAR Media Team
CLEAR – Cannabis Law Reform”
by DirtySock
Saturday, March 09 2013, 2:25PM
“a chell heath drug dealer, WOW what ever next (sarcasm)....”
by FFDP1
Saturday, March 09 2013, 9:32AM
“Legalize it. Not a damaging as alcohol.”