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UK: Three years jail for cannabis cafe owner
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Thursday 03 Oct 2002 A man who opened what was claimed to be Britain's first Amsterdam-style coffee shop under the smokescreen of being a cannabis "healer" has been jailed for three years. Colin Davies "persistently flouted the law" by being involved with cannabis even while he was on bail for other drug-related offences, a court heard. The 44-year-old hung his head as he was sentenced on a total of eight charges relating to the activities of the Dutch Experience cafe he opened in Stockport, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard. He was given two years for the supply of a class B drug, 18 months for being involved in the importation of cannabis, 24 months, 15 months and 12 months for possessing a class B drug with intent to supply, 12 months for permitting premises to be used for smoking of the drug. All of these sentences are to run concurrently, making a total of two years. Davies had pleaded not guilty to all of those charges but was convicted of them by a jury of seven men and five women. He was given two lengthier terms for possessing with intent because he committed those offences while he was on bail, the court heard. Davies also pleaded guilty to another charge of possessing a class B drug with intent to supply and perjury for which he was given 12 months for each offence to run concurrently. The prison sentences for the two latter offences are to run consecutively with his sentences for the other six counts, making a total of three years. His father Colin Davies Senior, 72, of Stockport, also appeared with his son in the dock charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice. He had described, his son as a "healer not a dealer". He pleaded not guilty to both allegations and the court ordered that the charges should remain on file and that Mr Davies Senior was free to go. After his son, who has already served nine months in jail since his arrest last year, was taken by security from the courtroom, Mr Davies senior looked on shaking his head. He said of the sentencing outside the courtroom: "We'd think it's pretty hard really for what the lad has done. It's really hard."
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