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Magistrate suspends imprisonment for convicted drug dealers in 4yo case

Two men involved in a four-year-old drug case were spared imprisonment due to the extensive time that has elapsed since they first committed the offence.

They are Jariel Harrigan and Dillon Findlay who were both found guilty of possession of 41.2 grams of cannabis with intent to supply.

Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-Dabreo said the serious nature of the offence warranted imprisonment but said she believed a suspended prison sentence was appropriate considering that their matter has been dragging on since April 2015.

She, therefore, handed down a ninth-month sentence which she suspended for one year. This effectively means Harrigan and Findlay will only spend nine months in prison if they commit any new offences within the next year.

What the court heard happened

It is reported that police had found Harrigan and Findlay asleep in a parked vehicle in the Ghetto/Crabbe Lot area of Road Town back in April 2015.

The officers had testified during the men’s trial that they caught both individuals along with another man with the cannabis, approximately $828 cash, a bag of Big Bamboo wrapping paper, and a quantity of dime bags.

The law enforcers further told the court that they suspected the men were selling drugs. They also noted their suspicion that the monies were proceeds of drug dealing.

Notably, police had initially claimed that the men were found 61.2 grams of the drug.

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  1. Wow. says:

    She probably got paid off.

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  2. Magistrate says:

    free the plant God bring the plant on earth so why lock up a man for it lets Tax it Government

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  3. Serenity says:

    Yet the natural herb is legal in so many parts of the world…

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  4. Donald Trump says:

    Lock em up.

  5. Calculator says:

    I wonder why there is a difference of 20g between what was originally reported and what was testified about in court.

  6. really says:

    they need community service also

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