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    Man caught with cannabis by 'sheer chance'

    A Douglas man who was caught with £58 worth of cannabis by 'sheer chance' has been handed a conditional discharge.

    Police found 26-year-old Kieron Barsby with the Class B substance on June 18th after calling at his flat on an unrelated matter. 
     
    At Douglas Courthouse last week he pleaded guilty to possession of the drug - the prosecutor told the court it wasn't his first encounter with cannabis so the matter had come to court. 
     
    A warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to attend court two days earlier - his advocate claimed he'd handed a letter in to excuse himself from attending but it had gone missing. 
     
    He said Barsby was a 'relatively young man' who'd done his best to 'free himself' from his negative acquaintances and stop taking cannabis. 
     
    Sentencing him Magistrates imposed a 12 month conditional discharge and costs of £125 telling him "we're disappointed to see you reoffending again - you could be jeopardising your future".

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