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    John Lamb wrote:
    online_reader wrote:
    John Lamb wrote:
    A lot of those shoplifting and beating will be on/have moved on from cannabis.
    Crime and cannabis go hand in hand with a majority of the population.
    Being a student and cannabis also go hand in hand, closely followed by running big business and running the country. It may just be deprivation at fault rather than the cannabis.
    That would be the minority O.R.; I was talking about the majority. You know, the guys stopped for no insurance with a pocket full of weed. The idiots hanging around street corners causing trouble while on the puff. I though as a future mover and shaker, you guys would be on the coke surely? You soon will be.
    Aren't the majority at home eating toast? Just because petty criminals also smoke doesn't mean the smoke criminalised them. Probably they're just more likely to be stopped and searched because they're known to the police."
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SCALES OF JUSTICE: Some of the recent cases at Banbury Magistrates' Court

8:00pm Monday 23rd April 2012 in News

Attiq Akhtar, 18, of Fergusson Road, Banbury, admitted possessing cannabis (Class B) in Banbury on December 3. Fined £36, and told to pay a £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs.

Andrew Cash, 29, of Campion Court, Northampton, admitted shoplifting four cans of Red Bull valued at £5 from Banbury Service Station on February 19. Fined £50, and ordered to pay a £15 victims’ surcharge and £40 costs.

Dean Coulling, 28, of Merton Way, Yarnton, admitted possessing Ecstasy (Class A) and cannabis (Class B) in Yarnton on December 8. Fined £86, and ordered to pay a £15 victims’ surcharge and £40 costs.

Charlotte Fletcher, 32, of Mallard Drive, Witney, admitted assault by beating in Witney on November 18. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £85 costs.

Andrew West, 43, of Cherwell Close, Bicester, admitted possessing cannabis (Class B) in Yarnton on December 8. Fined £73, and told to pay a £15 victims’ surcharge and £40 costs.

Will Blencowe, 18, of Horsefair, Chipping Norton, admitted assault by beating and damaging a window at the Golden Pheasant Hotel in Burford on November 5. Given 100 hours’ unpaid work and told to pay £40 costs and £150 compensation.

Terry Debanks, 30, of Ridgefield Road, Oxford, admitted shoplifting household cleaning goods valued at £268.58 from Sainsbury’s in Banbury on March 9. Fined £116, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £100 costs.

James Bufton, 19, of Blackbourton Road, Carterton, admitted assault by beating in Burford on November 5. Given 120 hours’ unpaid work and told to pay £50 compensation.

Jaroslav Gerlich, 36, of no fixed address, admitted going equipped for theft and attempting to steal five PlayStation 3 games from Tesco in Bicester on April 12. Also admitted breaching a conditional discharge by further offending. Jailed for a week.

James Wilson-Peters, 21, of Back Lane, Epwell, admitted being drunk and disorderly in Castle Street, Banbury, on March 9. Fined £40, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £40 costs.

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