Dover Cannabis Factory...

• Guest 774

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  26 March 2013     08:14222245
  #1      
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21902916
  "If it ain't broke, fix it til it is."
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  26 March 2013     08:17222247
  #2      
  oh dear,but can i have 20 quids worth before its destroyed.
• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     08:22222250
  #3      
  I'm pretty sure I know that bloke
  
  
• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     08:38222261
  #4      
  Just had it confirmed, its who I thought it was.
  
  My word, you think you're doing business with a legitimate if slightly dodgy businessman, and his factory actually grows cannabis
  
  
• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     09:24222274
  #5      
  Was he involved in the white-slave trade? Was a large cache of weapons discovered on site? Did he pay his electricity bill?
  Has he cost any of my fellow forumites money? Was he growing all of this foolishly where there is no market for his product?
  
  How much money could have been brought into the local economy if the trade in cannabis was legalised? I recall that the much talked about could-be next PM has again began looking into the law and our war on 'soft' drugs. What chance is there that sense shall prevail this time?
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  26 March 2013     09:35222280
  #6      
  we had one in the folkestone road that was raided by police a few years back.
• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     09:35222281
  #7      
   Tom Austin wrote:

  Was he involved in the white-slave trade? Was a large cache of weapons discovered on site? Did he pay his electricity bill?
  Has he cost any of my fellow forumites money? Was he growing all of this foolishly where there is no market for his product?
  
  How much money could have been brought into the local economy if the trade in cannabis was legalised? I recall that the much talked about could-be next PM has again began looking into the law and our war on 'soft' drugs. What chance is there that sense shall prevail this time?

  
  
  Sense has prevailed, he's in prison, its called the law
  
  
• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     09:41222285
  #8      
  #7 I shall save this up for later David, it's sure to come in handy.
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• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     09:43222288
  #9      
  Save it as long as you like, a bloke broke the law and was jailed, its very straightforward and has nothing to do with slave trading or caches of weapons.
• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     09:50222289
  #10      
  That is exactly what I wrote Daveid.
  This had absolutely nothing to do with etc. etc.
  
  Nine years gaol...who then was killed?
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• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     10:10222298
  #11      
  Whats your point Tom? You know as well as I that nobody was killed, although in your normal way I might argue that perhaps somebody died or was killed as a result of his actions. That is why people involved in illegal, yes, illegal, activities are sent to jail. Perhaps you could assuage your emotions by visiting him, but that might mean less pontificating and more direct action.
  
  A bloke broke the law and is in prison, I say good. You can bleat about whether or not cannabis should be legalised but in the meantime stop crying in your beer, he's been locked up.
• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     10:14222300
  #12      
  I so enjoy helping you with your digestion David.
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Jan Higgins

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  26 March 2013     10:34222303
  #13      
  David, I learnt some time ago not to bother discussing with Tom anything to do with lawbreakers as the impression he gives is that 'baddies' should just get a slap on the wrist or walk free.
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• Guest 714

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  26 March 2013     10:35222304
  #14      
  Seems that way Jan.
  
  I doubt that Tom will be bothered to take up my suggestion of visting Mr Read and comforting him in his time of need
• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     11:44222307
  #15      
  What force do you imagine lies behind any suggestion David?
  
  What picture forms in the mind on hearing that 'X' has been sentenced to 9 years gaol?
  
  I have had occasion here to look at the reports from your local Police, which often include mention of sentence, I have no wish to revisit the variety of offences committed locally that have merited imprisonment, but I cannot recall any of them - as serious as some of them were - that mentioned a sentence of 9 years or more.
  
  Dear Jan, if I give that impression, what impression should I take of those who do not think as I do?
  
  There is this...
  
  Death by dangerous driving
  
  "Nature of offence: Level 1
  The most serious offences encompassing driving that involved a deliberate decision to ignore (or a flagrant disregard for) the rules of the road and an apparent disregard for the great danger being caused to others
  
  Starting point: 8 years custody
  Sentencing range: 7-14 years custody
  
  Nature of offence: Level 2
  Driving that created a substantial risk of danger
  
  Starting point: 5 years custody
  Sentencing range: 4-7 years custody
  Nature of offence: Level 3
  Driving that created a significant risk of danger
  
  [where the driving is markedly less culpable than for this level, reference should be made to the starting point and range for the most serious level of causing death by careless driving]
  
  Starting point: 3 years custody
  Sentencing range: 2-5 years custody"
  http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/sentencing_manual/death_by_dangerous_driving/
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• Guest 710

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  26 March 2013     11:53222308
  #16      
  3/4's of this guy?...
  
  "A Kent man who fled the UK after he was charged with sex crimes against three young girls has been jailed for 12 years."
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11656120
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  26 March 2013     12:33222312
  #17      
  why was he given bail for such serious charges, also why was he allowed to keep his passport?
• Guest 782

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  26 March 2013     15:11222328
  #18      
  I had to give evidence at the Crown Court on that drugs case. Very interesting. The two defendents had two top Silks defending. Waste of money!!