WRECK BEACH COOKIE SELLER ACQUITTED OF DRUG CHARGES

The naked Wreck Beach cookie lady, whose gingersnap recipe doesn't fit the
RCMP's definition of wholesome nourishment, has won yet another battle
against trafficking charges.

This week Mary Jean Dunsdon -- known as Watermelon on Wreck Beach --was
acquitted a third time by a provincial court judge in Richmond on charges
of possession of cannabis resin for the purpose of trafficking.

The charges result from seizures of her cannabis-laden cookies by police at
Wreck Beach, where she has sold them for years. The first charge was
dismissed when a judge ruled the RCMP officer seizing her cookies did so
unlawfully.

A second series of charges were dismissed by Judge Dennis Schmidt in
October when analysis revealed that resin wasn't present in the cookies --
just cannabinoids -- and as she hadn't been charged with possession of
cannabinoids she was acquitted.

Judge Jane McKinnon took the same tack this week in acquitting her, said
Watermelon's lawyer John Conroy.

Now Dunsdon wants to deal with a series of charges she is facing for
breaching an undertaking not to go to Wreck Beach. Following her arrest she
says she was told she wouldn't be released from jail unless she agreed to
stay away from Wreck Beach. But after giving that assurance she kept
sneaking down to the beach and was spotted by police, which led to further
charges.