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Statue of Justice, Old Bailey (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by Ronnie Macdonald).jpgMan injured when he was knocked from bike sentenced for drug dealing
A Swansea man who was injured in a road traffic collision has been sentenced for drug dealing after a police officer who attended the incident noticed the smell of cannabis.
Stephen Benjamin Griffiths of Hafod, Swansea, used his bike to deliver the drug to his clients, reports Wales Online.
But he was arrested after he was hurt in a collision involving a motor vehicle on Mumbles Road in Swansea on 23 May last year.
According to a police officer who was going to take a statement from the 51-year-old as he was being treated by paramedics in an ambulance, “a smell of cannabis permeated the vehicle.”
Swansea Crown Court was told by Hannah George, prosecuting, that when Griffiths was asked whether he had any cannabis on him, he said he had around an ounce – around 28 grams – in his rucksack.
They found the drug split up into small bags as well as £145 in cash. Text messages related to drug dealing were found on his phone, while weighing scales and a further small quantity of the drug was discovered at his home.
He admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply, and was sentenced at a hearing last week.
Dan Griffiths, speaking in mitigation, described him as a long-term user of cannabis who had begun dealing the drug for his own supplier and said that “Most of his deliveries were done by bicycle.”
He was sentenced by Judge Christopher Clee QC to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months due to his guilty plea.
The judge ordered him to attend a drugs rehabilitation course and to seek treatment for alcohol dependency, while the £145 has been seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the drugs will be destroyed.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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So he was peddling drugs?
Not wishing to stereotype (but I shall anyway), I bet the bike was knock-off too!
Tenous link, at best. This wasn't a cyclist, just some stoner on a bike!
Cyclist - noun - a person who rides a bicycle
I think you'll find that he was a cyclist (at least until he got knocked off).
Personally, I'd much prefer it if all stoned/drunk people made an effort to not drive a car and instead travel by bike or foot - much safer all round.
So predictable
So what in your mind defines a cyclist?
I'm just glad he wasn't driving a motor vehicle as there's a fair chance he might have been under the influence, given his habit!
Was it for performance enhancement? Did he have a TUE? Until then we should reserve judgment, or wait until he is questioned by Drugs In Sport. I'm going to ask Brailsford what to do with him....
"...the drugs will be destroyed."
Several officers have offered to destroy the drugs by burning them in the privacy of their own homes.
Blimey, 51 years old and reduced to delivering tiny bits of dope by bike. Hardly Scarface is it?
I’ve no tolerance for drug dealers so fair enough, but what about any investigation of the collision and in particular the driver of the vehicle involved with the collision?
The driver got a commendation from the magistrates for helping to take a dangerous drug dealing criminal off the streets.
Something like that.
And a cyclist.
Do paedophiles on bikes get a get out jail free card on this site as well?
Scumbags are scumbags, on or off a bike. Not everything has some anti-cycling agenda woven into it. A bike is just a form of disposable transport for many, not some sort of lifestyle choice leading to a mental nirvana of sorts.
Is *being* a paedophile illegal? I'm not sure how that could be enforced... I thought it was the actions taken as a consequence of being a paedophile which are actually illegal...?
It's debatable: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15443757.Suspected_paedophiles_identified_amid_surge_of_child_sex_dolls_being_brought_into_UK/
There's also the tricky business of cartoons: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anime-fan-convicted-over-illegal-7958896
I'm very surprised that Red Sparrow is even being shown in this country considering it includes a scene that falls foul of the extreme porn laws we have here...
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You're doing it wrong if that's the case.