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NEWS : 25.6.09 - Bitter taste of M&M's

And if all he'd done is kept his mouth shut, he'd have walked away completely free...
 
Am I the only one who thinks even if he didn't admit it they would pursue this guy pretty adamently considering 400 M&M's in a baggy is pretty suss.
 
drug_mentor said:
Am I the only one who thinks even if he didn't admit it they would pursue this guy pretty adamently considering 400 M&M's in a baggy is pretty suss.
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Well yeah, but no matter how suss it is, having 400 M&M's in a baggy doesn't constitute a crime, no matter how much you payed for it. Granted I'm no legal expert, but if he'd kept his mouth shut I have a really hard time imagining any lawyer would struggle to have that case thrown out immediately.
 
Crankinit said:
Well yeah, but no matter how suss it is, having 400 M&M's in a baggy doesn't constitute a crime, no matter how much you payed for it. Granted I'm no legal expert, but if he'd kept his mouth shut I have a really hard time imagining any lawyer would struggle to have that case thrown out immediately.
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Yup.
 
Hahaha that is fucking awesome! Poor bloke, but still. This bloke is just all kinds of dumb, paying $6k for 400 round ones, having to travel to Melb, not checking the merchandise, and then admitting to trying to take pills on a plane sheesh, HELLO!! Ah well some lucky cunt is rubbing his hands together at the easy $6k he made.
 
On a positive note for Seabourne, the Crown did not apply for a forfeiture order.

That means he may be able to apply to have the rather expensive M&M's returned.
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Constabulary wit. Sometimes its funny to everyone :D
 
Change of luck for M&M's dealer

BY SHANNON SHEPHARD

26 Jun, 2010 12:00 AM

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IT could be argued that this is the Coast's unluckiest drug user.

Copping a three-month prison term last year for attempting to traffic drugs after he paid thousands of dollars for blue M&Ms, believing them to be ecstasy pills, Dwayne Grant Seabourne was back in the Supreme Court in Burnie this week, charged with actual trafficking.

The Advocate reported on June 20 last year how Seabourne was left red-faced when he travelled to Melbourne in November 2008 where he paid $6000 for what he believed were 400 ecstasy pills.

When intercepted by police at Launceston airport, Seabourne admitted to having bought drugs and handed over a cylinder wrapped in masking tape.

When opened in a police interview, the cylinder was found to contain hundreds of pieces of the chocolate confectionery, much to Seabourne's surprise and anger.

Sentenced by Justice Shan Tennent, Seabourne received a five-month jail term, with two months suspended on the condition he was of good behaviour of two years.

Pleading not guilty to the latest charges, Seabourne's case was brought before a jury on Thursday, where it was revealed that on October 18, 2008, members of the Western District Drug Investigation Service searched his Devonport home where they found 10 bags of cannabis weighing close to 23 grams and several plastic bags containing traces of speed.

The jury heard that in a recorded police interview, Seabourne admitted ownership of the drugs and said they were for his own personal use.

However, the Director of Public Prosecutions pushed on with the trafficking charge, with Crown prosecutor John Ransom arguing that the packaging inferred an intent to sell on Seabourne's behalf.

However, in a sign of changing luck, the 22-year-old was given a reprieve yesterday when Justice Helen Wood raised concerns about the lack of evidence linking Seabourne to having intent to sell the drug, given the small amount of speed found in the plastic bags.

Discussing the matter with both the defence and Crown counsels, it was agreed by all parties to invite the jury to return a verdict of not guilty to trafficking in a controlled substance and guilty to possession of a controlled substance.

The jury took less than 10 minutes to discuss and deliver the advised verdict.

In handing down her sentence, Justice Wood said there had been positive developments in Seabourne's life since he was charged with the series of drug- related offences in 2008 that landed him in court.

"Your stint in prison has motivated you to leave the drug- taking lifestyle behind you and because of that I am willing to give you another chance to prove yourself," she said.

Seabourne was placed on a supervised probation order for 18 months, where he will more than likely undergo drug and alcohol counselling.
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http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/...-luck-for-mms-dealer/1869123.aspx?storypage=0
 
I was thinking the same thing.
The price he paid as well sounds like way to much as well :\
 
He got time for the weed n speed not the pills. If it was only m&ms he would of gotten a slap on the wrist max.
 
i was under the impression that the charges of similar outcomes would be possession of a counterfeit substance or trafficking of the same, diff state???
anyone be able to elaborate, i have very poor legal skills. i just know what i read in the paper and what not.
 
shit if m&ms are that expensive, i must be rich... haha yeh idiot.

hey kingpin007, are you really in Barwon prison?? or ya just having a laugh. top contributer regardless!!
 
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