On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:31:24 +0100, Dr John Watson
<drjohn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Well, he would, wouldn't he? Try selling some to a plod....
>
>BBC NEWS
>
>Ex-Pc escapes jail over cannabis
>
>A former Metropolitan Police officer who stole cannabis from a police
>station has escaped a jail sentence.
>
>Paul Smith, 33, admitted stealing the Class C drug repeatedly while
posted
>at Holborn police station, central London. He told Southwark Crown Court
>he stole the drug for personal use as he was trying to cope with his
>father's death and stress at work.
>
>Smith, of Nether Street, Finchley, north London, was given a six-month
>jail term suspended for 12 months.
>
>He pleaded guilty to eight counts of stealing cannabis and two of
>possessing the drug between last April and January this year.
>
>The married father-of-one resigned from his job after he was caught.
>
>Smith said he initially bought drugs from street traders but decided to
>steal from the station for fear of being blackmailed.
>
>He was caught on CCTV surveillance and an invisible dye on a bag of
>cannabis identified him.
>
>Recorder Philip Bartle QC told him: "As somebody who was a police
officer,
>you will know only too well that your behaviour has brought disgrace on
>you, your family, your friends and the police force which you obviously
>served extremely well in all other respects apart from these offences."
>
>Smith was spared jail as he admitted the offence and had stolen cannabis
>for personal use to overcome a personal suffering.
>
>Smith was also ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, would be
>subject to a year-long supervision order and told to pay £750 towards
>prosecution costs. Story from BBC NEWS:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7490657.stm
>
>Published: 2008/07/04 17:41:03 GMT
>
>© BBC MMVIII
>
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7490657.stm
When they confiscate money under the Proceeds of Crime Act, and all
the other new laws that let them seize money, I'm sure they dip into
that aswell.
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