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UK: Cannabis cafe case will not stop Scot
Kay Jardine The Herald
Thursday 03 Oct 2002 THE opening of an Amsterdam- style coffee shop in Scotland will go ahead despite the founder of a similar cannabis cafe in England being found guilty of drugs offences yesterday. Kevin Williamson, founder of the Rebel Inc publishing firm and the Scottish Socialist Party's spokesman on drugs policy, said the verdict would have no effect on his plans to open a cafe selling cannabis in Edinburgh. He said: "If anything, it's going to make me more determined." Colin Davies, 44, founder of the Dutch Experience cafe in Stockport, was found guilty of possessing a class B drug with intent to supply, supplying a class B drug, being involved in importing cannabis, and permitting premises to be used for the smoking of the drug. He had pleaded not guilty and claimed the shop's purpose was to supply cannabis to those who needed it for medicinal purposes. A jury at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester took just over five hours to reach their verdicts. Davies was remanded in custody to await sentence. Mr Williamson said: "If they try to jail him, they're just showing they want cannabis to stay in the hands of the criminals." However, a spokeswoman for the Scottish Executive said that anyone trying to establish a cannabis cafe risks imprisonment or a heavy fine, or both. She added: "Reclassification of cannabis makes no difference to this position."
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