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Drugs helped user cope with bad news

March 10, 2010

A Katesgrove man who took crack cocaine to cope with the news that his granny was suffering from cancer has been given a community order.

Jason Sanders-Fox, 30, of Pell Street, was sentenced for possessing the Class A drug at Reading Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday. He admitted the charge at a previous hearing on February 10.

The court previously heard how Sanders-Fox had been stopped by police shortly after midnight on January 27. During a search officers found three wraps of crack in his socks, with a street value of £25.

Simon Hammudi, defending, said he had sought solace in the drug after learning his beloved nan had been taken to hospital and diagnosed with cancer.

Sanders-Fox was given a nine-month community order and ordered to take part in a drug rehab programme.

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£8.33 each and 1p left over.

CMA
12/03/2010 at 12:50

3 doesn't go into £25....

Giorgio Moroder
11/03/2010 at 17:05

as if having cancer isn't bad enough for his poor Grandma.. Crack helping you cope huh? big man, what's helping her cope? her doped up Grandson? clearly not...