Conqueror Hamilton, 53, was sentenced to eight months in reformatory at Dorchester Coronet Court, with Justice Roger Jarvis word to the wise him no individual is heavens the law'. Arthritis sufferer Hamilton, who stood in the 2005 typical hustings as a aspirant representing the Legalise Hashish Alliance, had pleaded blameworthy to title of cannabis as able-bodied as breaching a suspended sentence. Joanna Morrissey, prosecuting, said police officers executed a reason to onset Hamilton's homely in Ranelagh Road, Weymouth, on Oct 8 extreme year.

She said: "During the line of the scrutinize they initiate 12 sealable reticule containing herbal cannabis, along with two situate of flake and a number of sealable bags.

During the conversation he stated the cannabis belonged to him and was worn championing physical manipulate as he had a medical action and felt it was his exemplary good to exercise it to handle that condition." Fail to keep Morrissey said the 12 string bag contained a complete of 36 grams of cannabis, with a high road reward estimated at £280. She told the court that Hamilton had been already the courts for tenure of cannabis twice before.

In Apr 2006 he was handed a seven-day jail determination in dereliction after he failed to wages a skilled for hold of 55 grams of cannabis. In Dec the twin year he received a two-year sentence, suspended for 12 months, for control of 132 grams of the drug. Tim Shorter, mitigating, said: "He has a manifold medical history, which isn't getting any better.

He even asserts his decorous right, however, he is informed that the court can't favor what may or may not be his honest right, however can individual acknowledge the law. He has, of course, held himself up to the jeopardy of detain alongside career such a aerial side-view campaigner."

Judge Jarvis told the defendant: "It is shining that you gain your own vista on the consumption of cannabis and this conception designate there is no bow on your belongings to assent with the legislation that is in place. You are hearty in the know of the hazard that you catch and still you gladly select those risks. You forced to be aware that no single is on high the law."

Judge Jarvis sentenced Hamilton to six months in oubliette for the proprietorship offense and two months for breaching the suspended sentence, with the designation to be served consecutively.

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