Man Admits Having Cannabis Plants On Boat
A 53 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court today [Feb 18] where he admitted having cannabis plants on his boat.
Robert Leslie Holman pleaded guilty to three charges involving the possession of 0.50 grams of cannabis and was fined a total of $1,800.
The facts presented to Senior Magistrate Archie Warner were that on 19th September 2013, Holman was found to have the cannabis on his boat, possessing black handled scissors intended for use with the cannabis, and cultivating cannabis in two pots.
The Prosecutor told the Senior Magistrate that the Government Analyst described the two cannabis plants as “immature plants.”
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Someone gets caught wit a lil herb goes court, some for sell alcohol illegally walks free! There is something wrong here!
*someone sells
U need to appeal THAT sentence / fine…..
I will appeal that for u. Someone like u and i get caught doing something illegally we go court and get charged for whatever offense we are there for. right? But because a politician does something illegally he/she walks free! But dont politicians make laws for citizens to follow and abide by? But for some reason politicians are ABOVE the law! I dont know why maybe u can answer that one for me?
$500 dollars for scissors alone, and half a gram, etc. WHAT A F****** JOKE!!!
bermuda gotta check itself and its archaic ways. criminalizing a large demographic of the population, for a private action which does no harm to others. what is freedom if we don’t have sovereignty over our own consciousness. seems unnatural to make nature illegal to me.
brings new meaning to HIGH SEAS!
This is exactly why on yesterday’s thread I had said that we need to decriminalize petty possession such as this immediately while we work out our legislation for full legalization.
This guy committed a serious offence… possession of scissors, a half gram of weed, and two seedlings… a real serious crime… I am so glad that the Bermuda Police raided this guy’s place and got this dangerous man off the streets… meanwhile some pervert was probably interfering with a child… thank god you police are making Bermuda safe from weed smokers while simultaneously allowing the molesters, gangsters, murderers walk free!
The officers that partook in this raid must truly feel like dumb a****… what a waste. Even worse… we pay these idiots salaries! It’s time to get serious… this idiocy needs to come to an end… where’s Dunkley? Oh right… it’s a waste of f…ing time…
I wonder if someone could tally up all associated costs involved in processing an “offence” like this. I am thankful they didn’t imprison the man, it has happened before. I wonder if some low down scum informed on the guy.
That would be interesting to see. How many cops were involved at what salary? How much did it cost us to put this in court? But even more importantly… what is the outcome? A dude that minds his own business smoking a joint on a boat now has a criminal record, probably on the stop list and for what? What good came from this? NOTHING!!! We the tax payer lose, this man loses, and Bermuda loses because cases like this make us look retarded to the rest of the civilized world.
We should organize a march on parliament for this lunacy… oh right… we’re not talking about drunk ferry operators…
Dunkley… Please grow a pair and legalize so we can stop the stupidity!
So how come Trevor’s son got off?
We all the answer to that question lol.
He was treated more harshly that most people, TBH.
I bet this guy got the book thrown at him because of the plants growing.
my oh my, a half a gram and he is fined $1800.00……wtf is going on with the courts. The guy had a couple of plants growing on his boat for his use, or did they think he was going to supply the entire island with Herb….lol..pardon the pun….this is so ridiculous i hope a good lawyer takes on his appeal and this gets thrown out, and btw so should the Judge.
Should have been the son of someone special…. O well
Wonder how much this little excercise in justice cost the taxpayer? You can bet it was way over $1800. Surely there must be better things for the BPS to do than chase down some guy growing a little weed for himself.
This was Far better off getting on a
Plane and going some where and pay
far less , and enjoy himself !
Does Mr Trevor Moniz son come to mind??
And Makai Dickerson as well?
Who cares what political side you are on, the fact that its illegal is screwed up!!
No tourist will come if they knew how much a gram was over here.
On top of hotel and food, they can spend a year on vacation in another country besides Bermuda.
Really?!?! The investigation probably cost more then what he had! Gosh
While our politicians are yelling and cursing one another up in the house on our taxpayer dime, this is happening. Get to work on this issue you bunch of idiots!
I’m starting to get really pissed off with all this nonsense. I would bet some ferry operators/crew have had more than this man had in their work overalls while ON THE JOB!
$1800 for what is essentially a bloody joint. definitely time for changes
Not even a one paper
the police should refuse to deal with this type of injustice.
apologize, and give the man back his weed, money, scissors, and rizla.
and this dare friends is why i choose to live abroad in a US state that allows me to grow and use medical cannibas.. Bermuda is still in the dark ages and until the people demand changes from the government they will continue to screw over peaceful mmj patients