Cannabis addict in court for headbutting ex-girlfriend (From The Oxford Times)
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Cannabis addict in court for headbutting ex-girlfriend
7:00am Tuesday 11th September 2012 in News
A CANNABIS addict with a £250-a-week habit headbutted his ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill her.
Benjamin Golding attacked Kelly O’Driscoll at her Didcot home after the breakdown of their four-year relationship.
The 27-year-old was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Friday after admitting common assault, making threats to kill and breaching a conditional discharge.
Prosecutor Naomi Perry said Golding visited Miss O’Driscoll on July 30 and after an initial argument approached his former partner.
She said: “He pushed her to the floor, grabbed her hair, put her against the wall then headbutted her.”
Golding, of London Road, Blewbury, was given a 12-month drug-treatment programme and domestic-violence programme with an indefinite restraining order.
Daniel Wright, defending, said his client had been using up to £250 worth of cannabis a week.
Comments(7)
Darkforbid
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9:39am Tue 11 Sep 12
snert
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9:46am Tue 11 Sep 12
King Joke
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12:26pm Tue 11 Sep 12
I hope Ms O'Driscoll is somewhere safe and far away from this nasty piece of work.
cshaws
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1:34pm Tue 11 Sep 12
King Joke
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1:36pm Tue 11 Sep 12
SuperSilverSourDiesel
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3:40pm Tue 11 Sep 12
The cannabis use was irrelevant, but i guess ''cannabis addict head butts girl friend'' sounds better than just ''man head butts girlfriend''. Im sure if he was a cigarette smoker the headline wouldnt be 'nicotine addict headbutts girlfriend'. Simply because its completely legal to kill yourself slowly from smoking tobacco.
I also agree with Cannabis4Autism, there are many underline issues here and one of them is prohibition. We dont know if he was an 'addict' simply because the only thing addictive about smoking a joint is the tobacco people usually and stupidly mix in. In a legal regulated market cannabis would be cheaper leading to much less financial stress, no contact with criminals and better quality with higher CBD strains available. Prohibition is a disaster and has caused more harms than cannabis ever could.
"The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption, children lured into organized crime and random violence that took the lives of countless innocent people."
- Kurt Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore
I dislike drug dealers and children using drugs or becoming enticed by gangsterism, so i say NO to prohibition and NOW to legal regulation.
Cannabis4Autism says...
8:38am Tue 11 Sep 12
The cost of £250 could maybe come down to below £50 per week in a legal regulated market.
Maybe financial stress contributed to the feelings which led to the assault?
This government is insane if it refuses to address the 'drug problem' properly by ending the criminal stranglehold on the market by looking at regulated alternatives.
Did you know that cannabis is medicinal for many things? Maybe this guy is self-medicating an underlying condition? Cannabis is not 'addictive' - this man was obviously dependant but cannot have been addicted.