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Cannabis was grown above Darwen pub
9:38am Tuesday 9th March 2010 in
A DARWEN publican paid £1,000 on her credit card for equipment which her partner used to set up a cannabis farm in a bedroom above the pub.
Blackburn magistrates heard the couple had decided to grow their own instead of spending £100 a month on their addiction.
Debra Ann Nichol has had her licence to run The Office pub suspended for six months as a result of the offence.
Nichol, 39, and Matthew Ian Wilson, 28, both of The Office, Holden Fold, admitted producing cannabis.
She was made subject to community supervision for 18 months, had her licence suspended for six months and was ordered to pay £85 costs.
He was made subject to community supervision for nine months, ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and pay £85 costs.
Parveen Akhtar, prosecuting, said police executed a drugs search warrant at The Office where Nichol was the personal licence holder.
In an upstairs bedroom they found a sophisticated growing set-up including 12 cannabis plants.
Wilson told police they had decided six weeks earlier that it would be a good idea to grow it themselves. He had sourced the equipment and seeds on the internet and Nichol had paid the £1,000.
John Clish, defending, said the past 12 months had been difficult for Nichol.
Her mother had been hospitalised and she had needed hospital treatment after being violently attacked by an ex-partner.
Comments(34)
AnthonyUK
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10:54am Tue 9 Mar 10
HarwoodBiker wrote:She's a bloody pothead;we don't need those people ever!
When are they going to leave us poor weed smokers alone and go after the proper criminals? Better that she grows her own than buys it from the 'bloke down the road', after all...
reasonable
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10:55am Tue 9 Mar 10
Legalise it, tax it and take the funding away from organsied crime.
At the very least make it available on perscription for those with conditions like MS.
roysteroonie
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11:22am Tue 9 Mar 10
But totally agree we don't need potheads!!
hopstar
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11:36am Tue 9 Mar 10
roysteroonie wrote:i think you should leave the potheads alone and concentrate on gettin the potholes sorted!!!!
Get it right! Pot is not addictive. Therefore they could not be addicts.
But totally agree we don't need potheads!!
reasonable
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11:39am Tue 9 Mar 10
You're right, we don't need those guys! :p
Who's for a pint?
blackburn south
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12:28pm Tue 9 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:Get a life!!!
HarwoodBiker wrote: When are they going to leave us poor weed smokers alone and go after the proper criminals? Better that she grows her own than buys it from the 'bloke down the road', after all...She's a bloody pothead;we don't need those people ever!
AnthonyUK
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1:42pm Tue 9 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:No the law shouldn't be changed it's dogooders like you that should be castrated as well as those who smoke cannabis!
AnthonyUK wrote:Get a life!!!HarwoodBiker wrote: When are they going to leave us poor weed smokers alone and go after the proper criminals? Better that she grows her own than buys it from the 'bloke down the road', after all...She's a bloody pothead;we don't need those people ever!
AnthonyUK
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1:47pm Tue 9 Mar 10
reasonable
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2:30pm Tue 9 Mar 10
blackburn south
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4:40pm Tue 9 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:If you think people who smoke cannabis should be castrated you should be in the psychic block.
blackburn south wrote:No the law shouldn't be changed it's dogooders like you that should be castrated as well as those who smoke cannabis!AnthonyUK wrote:Get a life!!!HarwoodBiker wrote: When are they going to leave us poor weed smokers alone and go after the proper criminals? Better that she grows her own than buys it from the 'bloke down the road', after all...She's a bloody pothead;we don't need those people ever!
retired one
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6:25pm Tue 9 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:I agree with you.
She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!
GrindletonBob
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6:35pm Tue 9 Mar 10
Petermariner
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8:06pm Tue 9 Mar 10
and, strangely, my post password for this was "user then?"
blackburn south
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8:46am Wed 10 Mar 10
retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?
AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
AnthonyUK
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10:09am Wed 10 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:No he agrees with me that people who grow possess and smoke cannabis SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED AND JAILED.
retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
Black Clio Guy.
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10:41am Wed 10 Mar 10
AnthonyUK
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11:05am Wed 10 Mar 10
Black Clio Guy. wrote:To which I hope she loses her pub and livelihood!!! It serves her right she has lost her licence for 6months that will serve as warning to other pubs tempted to do the same that they cannot be exempt from prosecution either for possessing growing and smoking cannabis and will face the full rigour of the law.
At least she is not stealing from houses or mugging people to feed her adiction. She might grow enough and become a drug dealer.
blackburn south
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1:15pm Wed 10 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:Castrated Anthony?
blackburn south wrote:No he agrees with me that people who grow possess and smoke cannabis SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED AND JAILED.retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
you seem very immature to me are you having another day off school?
Does your mum know your on here.?
or have you forgotten to take your medication?
AnthonyUK
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1:30pm Wed 10 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:At work idiot! None of your business dogooding drug advocator!
AnthonyUK wrote:Castrated Anthony? you seem very immature to me are you having another day off school? Does your mum know your on here.? or have you forgotten to take your medication?blackburn south wrote:No he agrees with me that people who grow possess and smoke cannabis SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED AND JAILED.retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
blackburn south
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2:15pm Wed 10 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:I knew you were childish. You don`t work at that gift place do you?
blackburn south wrote:At work idiot! None of your business dogooding drug advocator!AnthonyUK wrote:Castrated Anthony? you seem very immature to me are you having another day off school? Does your mum know your on here.? or have you forgotten to take your medication?blackburn south wrote:No he agrees with me that people who grow possess and smoke cannabis SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED AND JAILED.retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
Says it all.
AnthonyUK
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2:23pm Wed 10 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:No I don't so go to hell pigface!
AnthonyUK wrote:I knew you were childish. You don`t work at that gift place do you? Says it all.blackburn south wrote:At work idiot! None of your business dogooding drug advocator!AnthonyUK wrote:Castrated Anthony? you seem very immature to me are you having another day off school? Does your mum know your on here.? or have you forgotten to take your medication?blackburn south wrote:No he agrees with me that people who grow possess and smoke cannabis SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED AND JAILED.retired one wrote:Are you his grandad?AnthonyUK wrote: She deserves to lose her licence and livelihood;who wants to be served by a high as a kite pub landlord? Doesn't matter who you are the law is the law and if you grow possess and smoke cannabis you deserve everything thrown at you and a spell in jail!I agree with you.
blackburn south
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2:38pm Wed 10 Mar 10
AnthonyUK
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3:15pm Wed 10 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:Not a kid not at school and don't do workexperience you stupid blackburnsouth oaf tripefeatures! You think cannabis should be legal and people allowed to grow possess and smoke it without prosecution;well sorry the law isn't going to change because of dogooders like you and nor should it bow to dogooders like you.
Are you on work experience? Thats a good boy you get on with your work.
blackburn south
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8:15am Thu 11 Mar 10
you could be a girl though.
AnthonyUK
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10:12am Thu 11 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:I'am 39 and will be 40 this year you ignorant fool and I'am a man so don't get personal and less of the horriblefaced spitefulness, anyway you've drifted off topic with your namecalling and personal attacks;the pub landlord deserved all she got and if she loses her livelihood/her pub and her home thru breaking the law on cannabis like this then it is GOOD that the council and police have intervened, it also serves as a warning to everybody else that it cannot and will not be tolerated at all with severe punishments for transgressing that law.
I`d put you no older than seventeen. you could be a girl though.
blackburn south
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12:51pm Thu 11 Mar 10
AnthonyUK
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1:52pm Thu 11 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:OK then you're a dogooder who thinks people should be allowed to do whatever drugs they like and f*ck the laws of the land!
Fair enough then a reactionary bigot.
DKA
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2:04pm Thu 11 Mar 10
blackburn south
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1:42pm Fri 12 Mar 10
AnthonyUK wrote:No, but you have fascist views and want to castrate cannabis users. Which is probably the most extreme view I`ve ever read on the subject, bordering psychotic in my view. Its the sort of statement a fourth former might come out with, thats why I thought you were at school.
blackburn south wrote: Fair enough then a reactionary bigot.OK then you're a dogooder who thinks people should be allowed to do whatever drugs they like and f*ck the laws of the land!
blackburn south
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2:08pm Fri 12 Mar 10
DKA wrote:Do you work with numpty?
Haha! Who is this guy?
AnthonyUK
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2:59pm Fri 12 Mar 10
blackburn south wrote:I hate cannabis,I hate the users,I hate the growers and dealers and I hate dogooders who stick up for these people and their habit including you so don't tell me to like cannabis you skunker!
AnthonyUK wrote:No, but you have fascist views and want to castrate cannabis users. Which is probably the most extreme view I`ve ever read on the subject, bordering psychotic in my view. Its the sort of statement a fourth former might come out with, thats why I thought you were at school.blackburn south wrote: Fair enough then a reactionary bigot.OK then you're a dogooder who thinks people should be allowed to do whatever drugs they like and f*ck the laws of the land!
DKA
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4:17pm Fri 12 Mar 10
Hugh Jardon
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8:56pm Sat 13 Mar 10
i bet her other half used to enjoy the 'munchies'.
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