Callum Knight-Hook was given a 12-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, with a supervision order for the same duration.[1] The 28-year-old appeared at the Court of General Gaol Delivery for sentencing on Friday.[2] Callum Knight-Hook, 28, from Darragh in Port Erin, had earlier appeared before magistrates at Douglas Courthouse.[3] No plea had been entered to two counts of possession with intent to supply and one count of possessing criminal property at that earlier hearing.[3] Police executed a search warrant at his home on 9 March 2024.[2] His home was in Darragh, Port Erin, where officers found him in the living room with a package of cannabis nearby.[1]
After being arrested and handcuffed, he was seen trying to dispose of white powder on a counter.[1] When challenged by officers he said the powder was ketamine, not cocaine.[1] The search found 84.4 g of cannabis with a street value of £1,688 and £3,400 in cash.[2] Officers also found six grammes of ketamine.[2] Knight-Hook initially told officers he bought the cannabis in bulk for personal use.[1] His phone later revealed messages showing he had been selling cannabis to other people.[1]
Knight-Hook later admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply, possessing ketamine and possessing criminal property.[2] The cannabis offence drew eight months suspended for 18 months with supervision, with a concurrent two-month term for ketamine.[2] He also received a consecutive four-month term for possessing criminal property, also suspended for 18 months.[2] Deemster Graeme Cook said Knight-Hook would benefit more from probation than immediate custody.[2] His advocate said family issues and mental-health problems from cannabis use had affected him, and that he was now receiving medicinal cannabis on prescription.[2]