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Drug buyer dobs himself in
By Jasmin Lill
January 27, 2004
POLICE couldn't believe their ears when a teenager turned up at their door to complain he had been ripped off by a drug dealer.
In what might constitute one of the stupidest crimes of the year, Nathan Kevin Davis, 19, of Boronia Heights, pleaded guilty to drug possession and was fined $200 in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The court was told Davis turned up to the Fortitude Valley police beat office about 5.30pm on Saturday and slapped half a tablet on the counter.
He asked for the officers' professional opinion about whether the tablet was a drug, and wasn't fazed by the suspicious looks he got in return.
Davis admitted he bought the whole tablet for $35 from a man in the Valley, but seemed to be having doubts about the salesman's credentials and complained that he had already taken half the tablet without an effect.
In a case that led to stifled giggles throughout the courtroom, defence lawyer Peter Delibaltas had little to counter the police version of events.
"Obviously, the other half of the tablet had had an effect," he said.
"If he hadn't put the other half on the counter, he wouldn't be here today."
Magistrate Jim Herlihy had nothing to say to Davis before fining him $200.
No conviction was recorded.
The Courier-Mail
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