The General
New Member
United Kingdom - A couple has been cleared of dealing the drug, after arguing they were going to burn it in a pit as part of a spiritual ritual to a Hindu god. Katarzyna Dryden-Chouen and her husband Clive admitted growing it at their Littledean home, but said they never intended to sell it. A jury cleared the pair of possession with intent to supply and money laundering more than £250,000 of cash that had gone into her bank account.
Gloucester Crown Court heard when police busted her Old Vic home in Church Street in her lounge was a shrine to the Hindu God of Shiva, who has a close association with hemp. Prosecutor Paul Grumbar said diaries written by Katarzyna found in her meditation room, detailed her cultivation about crops, watering and feeding. The 46-year-old, who claims to have a talking mouse, said she honestly believed the world would end last December and so had been growing it ahead of a ritual by the doomed day.
She maintained she did not realise it was illegal to grow and said she did used to smoke it when she was meditating, which she did for up to nine hours a day. Her racing driver husband Clive, 60, a former bankrupt, said he shared her views and said vast quantities of cash in the bank, and at their home, was from his business. Following the not guilty verdicts, the court heard Her Majesty's Revenues and Customs would be informed as Clive admitted he had not paid tax on the cash.
Clive's son Ashley Chouings, 32, of Avon Street in Glastonbury, had been in the dock, but was cleared of charges against him following a direction by the judge earlier in the 15 days trial. Katarzyna was found not guilty of possession of cannabis with intent to supply between November 23, 2003 and January 28, 2004 and possession of diazepam with intent to supply on July 6, 2012. Katarzyna and Clive were also cleared of possession of cannabis, with intent to supply between January 29, 2004 and January 25, 2009; money laundering £277,559 between June 1, 06 and August 1, 2012 and possession of £12,890 of cash in criminal property on July 6, 2012.
All three were found not guilty of possession of cannabis, with intent to supply between January 26, 2009 and August 1, 2012 and Chouings cleared of money laundering £17,980 between July 30, 2006 and July 25, 2012. The married couple admitted production of cannabis and will be sentenced for that at a later date, to be fixed.
News Hawk - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Thisisgloucestershire.co.uk
Author: Laura Echo
Contact: This is Gloucestershire | About Us
Website: Hindu god cannabis couple found not guilty of dealing | This is Gloucestershire
Gloucester Crown Court heard when police busted her Old Vic home in Church Street in her lounge was a shrine to the Hindu God of Shiva, who has a close association with hemp. Prosecutor Paul Grumbar said diaries written by Katarzyna found in her meditation room, detailed her cultivation about crops, watering and feeding. The 46-year-old, who claims to have a talking mouse, said she honestly believed the world would end last December and so had been growing it ahead of a ritual by the doomed day.
She maintained she did not realise it was illegal to grow and said she did used to smoke it when she was meditating, which she did for up to nine hours a day. Her racing driver husband Clive, 60, a former bankrupt, said he shared her views and said vast quantities of cash in the bank, and at their home, was from his business. Following the not guilty verdicts, the court heard Her Majesty's Revenues and Customs would be informed as Clive admitted he had not paid tax on the cash.
Clive's son Ashley Chouings, 32, of Avon Street in Glastonbury, had been in the dock, but was cleared of charges against him following a direction by the judge earlier in the 15 days trial. Katarzyna was found not guilty of possession of cannabis with intent to supply between November 23, 2003 and January 28, 2004 and possession of diazepam with intent to supply on July 6, 2012. Katarzyna and Clive were also cleared of possession of cannabis, with intent to supply between January 29, 2004 and January 25, 2009; money laundering £277,559 between June 1, 06 and August 1, 2012 and possession of £12,890 of cash in criminal property on July 6, 2012.
All three were found not guilty of possession of cannabis, with intent to supply between January 26, 2009 and August 1, 2012 and Chouings cleared of money laundering £17,980 between July 30, 2006 and July 25, 2012. The married couple admitted production of cannabis and will be sentenced for that at a later date, to be fixed.
News Hawk - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Thisisgloucestershire.co.uk
Author: Laura Echo
Contact: This is Gloucestershire | About Us
Website: Hindu god cannabis couple found not guilty of dealing | This is Gloucestershire
