Posted on 02/06/2009 1:27:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON (Reuters) – A milkman who admitted he delivered cannabis as well as pints to elderly customers to ease their aches and pains, was spared jail Friday.
Robert Holding, 72, from Burnley, told police he supplied the drug to 17 customers after detectives raided his home and found nearly 6oz (167g) of cannabis in an egg crate in the van he used for deliveries.
"He said he sold the cannabis to existing customers because they were old and had aches and pains," said prosecutor Sarah Statham.
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Holding, who admitted supplying and possession of the drug at a previous hearing, was given a 36-month prison sentence suspended for a year at Burnley Crown Court Friday, the Press Association reported.
Judge Beverley Lunt told him the sentence was "an act of mercy" because he visited his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease, every day in a care home.
"You were not some philanthropist helping out the elderly out of the good of your heart. You dealt drugs for profit in a calculated way. It was a business," the judge told him.
His lawyer Philip Holden said his client "wasn't making much of a profit" and that his oldest client was 92.
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After the verdict Holding insisted he had not made money from his drug dealing.
"They (the customers) enjoyed it, they saved a lot of money while I was doing it and I only did it for a short time," he said.
However Neil Standage, area crown prosecutor for East Lancashire, said there was no evidence that he was only supplying elderly people with painful ailments.
"This might make it sound like what he was doing was harmless. It wasn't," he said.
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Let’s roll this one down the lane, shall we?
He was providing a public service in a way, albeit an illegal one.
I bet people in the UK feel a little bit safer knowing that another 72 year old drug dealer is going to stop his dastardly plans.
They still have milkmen? Perhaps he was a milk-dealing drugman.
“They still have milkmen?”
I’m surprised they don’t call ‘em “milkpersons”;)
“I’m surprised they don’t call ‘em “milkpersons”;)”
And what would they call a mailman: a “person person”?
why don’t i have a milkman like that? hell, why don’t I have a milkman period??
‘I’m surprised they don’t call ‘em “milkpersons”;)’
We still have Firemem too, but I hear your side of the pond they get the asexual PC moniker, ‘firefighters’. :)
‘And what would they call a mailman: a “person person”?’
Nope. We call them Postmen. :)
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