Warrington man spared jail for 8.2 kg of cannabis resin at Rixton home
Daniel Thompson, 36, was found with 8,223.6 grams of cannabis resin, valued at up to £35,950, when officers searched a house on Moss Side Lane in Rixton in July 2023. Chester Crown Court gave him a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and 100 hours of unpaid work after he admitted possessing the resin with intent to supply and possessing cocaine.
🇬🇧 Chester Crown Court, Chester, Cheshire · United Kingdom
Daniel Thompson, 36, appeared before Chester Crown Court after pleading guilty
to possessing cannabis resin with intent to supply and to possessing cocaine.[1][2]Officers attended an address on Moss Side Lane in Rixton, where Thompson
was living, on 5 July 2023.[1][2]They found 8,223.6 grams of cannabis resin at
the address.[1][2]The court heard the resin had an estimated street value of
between £26,900 and £35,950.[1][2]Officers also found 3.01 grams of cocaine,
valued at between £180 and £300.[1]
His barrister said Thompson had used cannabis since he was 16 and cocaine since
he was 17.[1]The court heard he had expressed genuine remorse and had been
abstinent from illicit substances for 12 months.[1]The judge said he had to
look at the man before him rather than three years earlier and that he had
turned his life around since October last year.[1]
Thompson was handed a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months.[1][2]He must also complete 100 hours of unpaid work.[1][2]
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Cheshire Police custody photograph of Daniel Thompson, published with the report of his Chester Crown Court sentencing. Photo: Cheshire PolicePhoto details
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