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UK: Community service for selling drug
The Guardian
Saturday 13 Jan 2001 A Rastafarian was yesterday sentenced to 150 hours of community service for possession of herbal cannabis with intent to supply, after a judge expressed "respect for the sincerity of his beliefs". Admitting that he was passing a lenient sentence at Inner London crown court, Judge Charles Gibson warned it was not a precedent. Rasta Brown, 37, was arrested in June last year after selling herbal cannabis to an undercover police officer in Brixton, south London. He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of the drug with intent to supply and one of possession. But when he appeared for sentencing, Brown, of Stockwell, south London, applied to change his plea under the new Human Rights Act, which states everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Judge Gibson dismissed the application, but said Brown believed cannabis ought not to be classified as a drug and was not a "regular, let alone professional dealer".
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