Hastings hash stash pot grower dobs himself in

[Anoma]

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I know the Herald Sun is a trash rag, and one of the reasons is things like putting this dude's name in the headline and a picture of him like he's the worst criminal and everyone needs to know who he is?!

I wouldn't really care if they did that to me, it's not going to harm anything but it's still just a personal grow, no need to be trashy about it.

Maybe they're just trying to rile the old folks up at the Bowling Club. Good ol' Callum might get his membership revoked.

 

[Anoma]

I didn't realise it was a paywalled article. Here's the contents. (and again, install this extension, https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/master/README.md)


In a bizarre case a weed-lover has self-confessed to cops he had a hydroponic marijuana set-up at his house.
Callum Stanfield volunteered to police otherwise unknown information that he was growing chuff in his Hastings garage.

The 47-year-old disability support pensioner pleaded guilty to one charge of cultivating cannabis at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The court heard in August last year Stanfield wandered into Hastings police station and told startled officers about what was in his garage.

He went home but must have had a change of heart, as he then tried to hide three mature cannabis plants behind a shed.

Cops soon came around and found exhaust fans, lights, chemicals and other hydroponic equipment in the garage.

Inside the house they also discovered cannabis seeds in a fish tank in the kitchen.

Officers then uncovered three empty pots, and asked Stanfield what had been done with the plants that had obviously been growing in them.

He said he threw them behind the shed because he was “trying to cover his arse”.

Defence lawyer Anika Waldin said Stanfield had a serious car accident in 2017 and suffered significant injuries.

She said he also had a range of mental health concerns, and used the cannabis he grew as a form of pain relief for that and for his physical ailments.

She said the marijuana was not sold and it was all purely for personal use.

She said he went to the police because he wanted to be honest and forthcoming before going home and “having a knee-jerk reaction” and trying to remove the evidence.

Magistrate Julian Ayres said it was very rare for someone to offer to tell officers they were growing drugs on their property.

He said Stanfield’s openness, which was somewhat bizarre considering he then tried to hide the plants, deserved to be given credit as a mitigating factor.

“He alerted police to the location in the first place,” Mr Ayres said.

“It is unusual (for someone) to walk into a police station and tell them what is (illegally) happening at your house.

“It was a fairly small quantity of cannabis, and I accept it was for personal use.”

Stanfield was convicted and fined $1000.

 

[Gazza]

What a fucking retard!!!

 

[Indy]

Growing drugs the judge reckons. Im a bit partial to the odd trip, might go grow myself some LSD..

 

[Indy]

Was reading a article this morning where a judge slapped a young local fella with 200 hours community service because he got busted with a couple bagged up deals, and not unlocking his phone for the coppers. Apparently they made a example of him for not allowing the cops into his phone.

Looks like I'll be looking at a likely scenario if I ever go again. They can get fucked for mine out of shear principle... cunts

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A young man has been ordered to complete 200 hours of community service after he “flouted” a court’s order to give police access to his phone during a search.
Jesse Dylan Hodnett, 21, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to three offences including contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically.

Police searched Hodnett’s home at Agnes Water in May this year where they found marijuana and a pipe.

Three packs of marijuana were found on a table near the kitchen, totalling a weight of 84.6g.

A water pipe was also found, as well as a silver box of chopped marijuana seed and stem.

Hodnett was told by police that the search warrant included an order that was signed by a magistrate, which required him to give officers access to his devices for the purposes of the search.

Hodnett denied having a current mobile phone, telling the officers it was broken.

Officers found a phone belonging to a woman in Hodnett’s house, who was present during the search, and rang a number under the name of Jesse.

Hodnett continued to deny owning a phone and refused to give police the code to unlock an iPad.

He then told officers he sustained a brain injury after being involved in a crash a few years ago and needed a scan and that he couldn’t remember the access code.

Police then saw the woman concealing an item, which was revealed to be a phone belonging to Hodnett.

Hodnett then refused to give police the code to unlock the phone and he was given a notice to appear.

The court heard Hodnett had drug offences in his history.

Hodnett’s lawyer Matthew Messenger told the court his client accepted he needed to get marijuana out of his life.

Mr Messenger said it was accepted Hodnett had the drug offences in his history and that his plea came at an early opportunity.

He said when looking at comparable cases, Hodnett’s offending fell at the lower end of the scale and that there was not a “large quantity” of drugs found.

Mr Messenger told the court Hodnett had been seriously injured in a crash about three years ago, where he spent 11 days in a coma.

He said Hodnett had just purchased a cleaning business in Agnes Water with his partner.

Magistrate Andrew Moloney considered the contravention of the order as the most serious offence and said that even for a first offence imprisonment was not out of the question.

“It’s a very serious offence,” he said.

“Part of the gravamen of this is before an order can even be made by a magistrate, they have to be satisfied that there might be evidence on that phone.

“So it’s a court order, it’s an order to produce it and he’s flouting that by refusing to do so.

“The gravamen of that charge is that it potentially conceals more serious offending and has the potential to affect the police investigation.”

Mr Moloney said Hodnett’s young age was in his favour and his criminal history was limited.

He said he accepted while imprisonment was within range it wasn’t a last resort, but would reflect the seriousness through a community based order.​

Hodnett was ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and a conviction was not recorded.

 

[Pedro de pacas]

So its the law that you have to unlock ya phone and hand it over to the pigs ??

 

[Pedro de pacas]

Remember citizens, you voted for your own enslavement

 

[Indy]

Been around a while, first time I've seen someone pinged for it. Gotta hand it to him though, he fucked them around for a while. He earns bonus points for mine.

 

[RiverRat]

Conviction ffs. Not a very fair judge.

 

[Pedro de pacas]

I never carry me phone when I go out, hardly use it anyway, so there is nothing incriminating on there
but fucked if I'd be handing it over to the pigs, law or not

 

[Ganja Kaiser]

Pigs took my mrs phone a couple of years ago because she was recording them harassing me. They confiscated the phone for months trying to get into it because we wouldn't give them the code. I hate the fucking bastards.

 

[Pedro de pacas]

You're allowed to film them, and apparently they are allowed to film you

 

[Indy]

I never carry me phone when I go out, hardly use it anyway, so there is nothing incriminating on there
but fucked if I'd be handing it over to the pigs, law or not

I carry my phone, but nothing incriminating either. With me, it's a privacy issue and government or otherwise won't see me unlock my phone to any cunt if I see fit.

Bit like any cunt does a B&E here at my joint. Don't worry what the judge might send you up for, be worried with what I will do to you when I get hold of you. The last cunt that tried that out, found out the hard way.

 

[Pedro de pacas]

Yeah you are allowed to defend yourself, can do anything you like if you're in fear for your life
but in Vic you are not allowed to protect ya property apparently (like fuck)

 

[Indy]

Didn't catch him within my home. I found the cunt a couple of days later. Ran their car off the road, ripped the passenger out of the seat (it was a coupe), reach into the back grabbed him by the ears and bashed his head into the B-pillar of the car while still in the car. Never seen the fkr ever again.

But yeah, he stole a bit of pot and knocked off $500. Which I would've helped him out with if he asked. But going through my gear, ratting through our stuff is something I don't take too kindly to. As I said, it's privacy issue with me. As fkd as that sounds.

 

[Ganja Kaiser]

You're allowed to film them, and apparently they are allowed to film you

Tell that to the pricks who threw her to the ground and smacked me around. No body cameras btw. But they sure as hell made sure they took her phone. Back alley in the city across from the pub, no CCTV.

 

[Pedro de pacas]

If you were still allowed to shoot house burglars and car thieves, there wouldn't be many cunts left game to have a go at it

 

[Ganja Kaiser]

If you were still allowed to shoot house burglars and car thieves, there wouldn't be many cunts left game to have a go at it

Fucking right on.

 

[Anoma]

“Part of the gravamen of this is...

I have to hand it to judges, if there's one thing they do right, it's teach me new words. Those fuckers have quite the vocabulary.

Pigs took my mrs phone a couple of years ago because she was recording them harassing me. They confiscated the phone for months trying to get into it because we wouldn't give them the code. I hate the fucking bastards.

It's a bit late now but it is legal to film even the police in public, and they know that. They just get shitty about it and expect you not to know the law.

 

[HGO]

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