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Elderly Father of Jailed Cannabis Campaigner Arrested for Allegedly Lying to Protect Son

Nol van Schaik

Press Release

Sunday 28 Jul 2002

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Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK

Colin Davies Sr, 71, father of jailed cannabis campaigner Colin Davies was
arrested early this morning at his home. He was taken to Stockport Police
Station, and was led in front of the Stockport Magistrates late in the
afternoon. He was charged with "intent of perverting the cause of Justice"
and "making false statements when sworn in". These allegedly false
statements were made regarding his son's having been to his own home in
violation of the unusual terms of his bail.

The younger Davies, cofounder of The Dutch Experience in Stockport, the UK's
first cannabis cafe, is being held in Strangeways prison on remand. He is a
disabled medical cannabis user who has twice been acquitted by juries on
charges of supplying cannabis to other patients.

The arrest of his father is seen as a further escalation of the
unprecedented harshness in the police attacks on the activists associated
with The Dutch Experience. Knowledgeable observers said that an arrest on
such a charge was extremely unusual.

Davies Sr. was arrested by PC Chapman, who previously arrested Colin Jr. and
Dutch national Bart Meekel. Meerkel was arrested on July 1st, and is being
held without bail after being charged with possession of cannabis with
intent to supply, simply for being in the flat of Colin Davies, Jr.

PC Chapman is a former South-African police officer, who seems to have
decided that Apartheid applies to cannabis users and their family and
friends.

Perhaps because of his age, Davies Sr. was released on unconditional bail,
but he has to appear in Crown Court on August 22, 2002.

For further information contact :
Nol van Schaik. cannabinol@wwwshop.nl
0031 651852545

For more background see http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=559 and
www.TheDutchExperience.org

 

 

 

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