News (Media Awareness Project) - New Zealand: Cannabis Dealer's Appeal Dismissed |
| Title: | New Zealand: Cannabis Dealer's Appeal Dismissed |
| Published On: | 2006-06-24 |
| Source: | Dominion Post, The (New Zealand) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 01:50:14 |
CANNABIS DEALER'S APPEAL DISMISSED
A life-saving Wairarapa hero-turned-cannabis dealer has failed in a
bid for home detention.
Stephen Trevor Wilmshurst, who was decorated for bravery for being one
of two men who clung to the hands of a suicidal patient in 2001 as he
dangled over the side of a rail bridge 18 metres above the ground, is
serving a jail term of one year and nine months after pleading guilty
to charges of possessing cannabis for supply, supplying cannabis and
offering to supply cannabis.
He did not appeal against the length of the term, but appealed against
the High Court judge's refusal to let him ask to serve at least part
of the sentence on home detention.
His appeal was dismissed.
A life-saving Wairarapa hero-turned-cannabis dealer has failed in a
bid for home detention.
Stephen Trevor Wilmshurst, who was decorated for bravery for being one
of two men who clung to the hands of a suicidal patient in 2001 as he
dangled over the side of a rail bridge 18 metres above the ground, is
serving a jail term of one year and nine months after pleading guilty
to charges of possessing cannabis for supply, supplying cannabis and
offering to supply cannabis.
He did not appeal against the length of the term, but appealed against
the High Court judge's refusal to let him ask to serve at least part
of the sentence on home detention.
His appeal was dismissed.
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