Some 465g of cannabis was found in various wraps and containers in Finley Corrin’s home in Port Erin along with two cannabis plants, during a police raid on 4 August 2023.[1] Officers had been following up reports of a smell of cannabis coming from the house.[1] A total of 117 of the cannabis wraps that had been found, had been stashed in a backpack separated into two bin bags, Douglas Courthouse heard.[1]

Corrin, Maxwell and Baker, who were all at the house at the time of the search, were arrested and £2,000 of criminal cash was found on Baker.[1] All three men pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply, with Corrin also pleading guilty to the cultivation of cannabis and Baker admitting possession of criminal property.[1]

Delays in the court process had given all three young men a chance to turn their lives around before they were sentenced on Thursday at the Court of General Gaol Delivery.[2] Deemster Graeme Cook told the trio they had all been immature, young fools.[1] “There is too much cannabis on this island and you played a part in that, albeit a small part,” he said.[1] Corrin has been handed a 14-month sentence suspended for two years, Baker an 18-month sentence suspended for two years and Maxwell a 16-month sentence suspended for two years.[1]