Caterer jailed for dealing in cannabis

Robert Callus

Oct 18th 2011, 16:22

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale told Mr Zammit that HIS HANDS WERE TIED by the law when it came to jailing him and that he had full faith that he would manage to overcome his drug problem"


Abolish minimum sentences.

I remember a case, a couple of years ago that a young woman was caught with 1 ecstasy pill. However, she confessed she had bought 6, two for herself and two for each of her two friends. She also stated that when they party, it's what they do. One buys the whole lot for the three girls to spend the night.

Logic says that she is playing with fire, dabbling with drugs, definitely. However the law says that she is a trafficker! Because, strictly speaking she is. She did hand out the pills to her friends.

Because of minimum sentences, the judge who used exactly these same words - my hands are tied - had to give her a prison sentence.

I don't know the girl, but honestly hope she didn't come out of prison a hardened criminal and moved on with ther life.

A Bonello

Oct 18th 2011, 14:52

Read between the lines.....

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale told Mr Zammit that his hands were tied by the law when it came to jailing him..

the law must be reviewed!!!

Paul Smith

Oct 18th 2011, 09:21

Looks to me that his human rights have been walked all over.

Maltese People - Cannabis is not heroin
Cannabis is less harmful than a cisk lager
Maltese Government grow a pair and change the law
You will not burn in hell as their is no such place
Cannabis is talked about in the Bible in a good way

Wake UP

David Caruana

Oct 18th 2011, 07:45

I'm assuming that these sachets might have contained 1 gram each if this individual was intending on selling.

Nice European Union I've voted for! It seems to me that this is a European Union of convenience where some are more equal than others. I find it outrageous that this man got 9 months in prison for 10grams of weed while in other European states he wouldn't get more than a fine. Now he goes in jail as a freelance chef who enjoys a joint every evening and he will come out possibly as a heroin addict and without any possibility of a decent job due to his police-conduct. All of you Parliamentarians, you policy makers, you who decide the laws of the country, you and only you are being the ruin of many innocent lives who prefer to consume a herb rather than your taxed alcohol. The greatest harm associated with cannabis is prison.

Justice should be equal for everyone, but it seems that from one European state to the other justice is a whole different thing.