No evidence bloke filmed snorting coke was snorting coke.

Flack88 · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:18

Could be bath salts

I once ate 2 marijuana's and nearly died.

Eurofighter · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:35

cheesyboy said:
We should all be pleased about this.

Who wants to live in a country where a man can't snort blow from the bare arse of a lady of the night without being send down? Seriously - jail time for a good time?

Agree.

RaohNS · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:39

Werewolf said:
Yes, you're right

They investigate.
They found no trace of the alleged coke.

They decided there wasn't anything more to do.

Whilst you're in favour of prosecuting people because there is a video of them appearing to do something and saying they're doing it, will you also be in favour of prosecuting all the actors who over the years have ended up with footage of them appearing to do something, and saying it's something illegal (pretty much every actor who has ever done a drugs scene for example).

It's just the discrepancy ir rather the disparity of how this has been handled by the police. Why not demand a drug test and if he refuses then send him down anyway as this must be an admission of guilt.

shadow_boxer · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:41

Terminal_Boy said:
One law for them, another law for us little people.

This.

MrMoonX · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:42

You can bet your bottom dollar that anyone else the met would have charged by now, especially if it was a black man

shot2pi3ces · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:47

they've gotten away with banging children for the last 50 years whats a line of Charlie to the rozzers

Greebo · 22 Sep 2015 at 19:55

balky12 said:
It's right. There is no evidence that it is actually cocaine (common sense would tell you it probably is, or at least some kind of illegal substance mkat, mandy (yes people snort mandy o.O, etc.)

Seem to remember an occasion where some teens were stopped by old bill and when searched had a few wraps on them ('cocaine'). When it was tested it had no trace of cocaine... so they were free to go.

Bet they went straight back to their dealer (Whether they were grateful for his coke free coke is another thing).

Yeah like police interceptors with the kid with a wrap of cannabis. When asked he said it was cannabis, the cop said it wasnt. The kid started arguing with him. Cop kept telling him it was a bisto cube but if whe wanted to keep insisting it was cannabis he would have to arrest him

itchy · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:00

I can guarantee if this was Joe public we been in the cop shop in no time. :mad:

Us and them always has been always will.

Flack88 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:04

Greebo said:
Yeah like police interceptors with the kid with a wrap of cannabis. When asked he said it was cannabis, the cop said it wasnt. The kid started arguing with him. Cop kept telling him it was a bisto cube but if whe wanted to keep insisting it was cannabis he would have to arrest him

LOL I gotta see that!

kitch9 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:04

A mate of mine got nicked back in the day with a bag full of e's at a sting on a club.

Well he though they were e's, turned out they wasn't.

Didn't get to court.

kitch9 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:07

itchy said:
I can guarantee if this was Joe public we been in the cop shop in no time.

Us and them always has been always will.

He will have been in the cop shop. You could get caught with a kilo of coke, if it's only 5% pure you get done for the 5% not the kilo.

In this case there was no coke left to prove it was actually coke.

Carry on with the persecution complex though.

kitch9 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:09

RaohNS said:
It's just the discrepancy ir rather the disparity of how this has been handled by the police. Why not demand a drug test and if he refuses then send him down anyway as this must be an admission of guilt.

Drug tests aren't admissible in court without a warrant. Not much point in testing for coke after 48 hours it leaves the body quick.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:11

kitch9 said:
Drug tests aren't admissible in court.

Do you have relevant case law to support?

Freakbro · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:14

Burnsy2023 said:
Do you have relevant case law to support?

Is that your polite way of saying you're talking *******s?

Burnsy2023 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:14

Terminal_Boy said:
One law for them, another law for us little people.

It's really not. I have let people go for exactly the same reason before.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:15

Freakbro said:
Is that your polite way of saying you're talking *******s?

More like asking for a source.

Dis86 · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:16

Burnsy2023 said:
It's really not. I have let people go for exactly the same reason before.

My step-dad had to let many people go for the same reason. It's one of the main reasons drug raids have to be so quick - you may see them with it but if it goes down the toilet you're scuppered.

Freakbro · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:19

Burnsy2023 said:
More like asking for a source.

You don't know if that's correct or not?

Well a quick google found a private lab offering saliva analysis, citing

Admissibility in court hearings

Moreover, your drug test results will only be admissible in a court hearing or tribunal if the sample has been managed according to chain of custody protocols.

By working with the laboratory, you’ll be able to counter claims of inaccuracies or non-compliance, and have our full support in making sense of test results.

Which seems to be saying as long as they reach the same standard of proof as any other evidence they are admissible

Glaucus · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:33

Freakbro said:
Which seems to be saying as long as they reach the same standard of proof as any other evidence they are admissible

Admissible for what though? I bet not for drug cases, for two reasons.
The law is for possession, supplying or production, not for consumption.
Secondly even if drugs are in your body doesn't mean you broke the law. Amsterdam for example.

estebanrey · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:40

kitch9 said:
He will have been in the cop shop. You could get caught with a kilo of coke, if it's only 5% pure you get done for the 5% not the kilo.

I thought the process was whatever the cops catch you with, they charge you with possession of half of it. That way, you get a lesser sentence and they get half your stash for the Police Xmas party....everyone wins

....that's what a 'geezer' I used to know told me happens anyway