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UK: Hate ordeal of cannabis trial lawyer
Nicola Dowling Manchester Evening News
Monday 02 Feb 2004 A LAWYER who suffered a hate campaign after prosecuting the trial of a cannabis campaigner has been given a police award. Wendy Logan, 31, was a prosecutor in the case of Colin Davies, who opened Britain's first cannabis cafe in Stockport town centre. Cannabis smoker Davies, who said the Dutch Experience cafe was for people who needed to take the drug for medicinal purposes, was jailed for three years in October, 2002, after being convicted of importing and supplying drugs. But during the numerous court hearings before this, Wendy and police officers involved in the prosecution case were verbally abused outside court by cafe supporters and were named and insulted on an internet site. Now the Crown Proseution Service prosecutor from Manchester has been awarded the Chief Constable's Citation of Merit, in recognition of her persistence and dedication to the case. Crucial At a special awards ceremony at Stockport town hall, Chief Supt Peter Driver said: "The case was surrounded by a blaze of publicity and use was made of offshore websites to identify and designate the officers involved. "It was an effort to provoke responses from them, which may have harmed the case. "Miss Logan worked long and unsocial hours to keep this difficult case on track in the face of relentless defence tactics - and despite the fact that she was treated in a derogatory and insulting manner via the internet and during the various court hearings." After the presentation ceremony, Wendy paid tribute to the police officers who had worked on the case. "I hadn't experienced anything like that before," she said. "And at the end of the day, I was only doing my job. "I was pleased to be granted the award, though. The case was hard work and went on for about a year. "But it was really a joint effort between the Crown Prosecution Service and the police." A number of police officers were also presented with long service and good conduct medals at the ceremony.
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