NO PROSECUTION AFTER CANNABIS CAFE ARREST

CANNABIS crusader Lezley Gibson will not be prosecuted for possessing the
drug despite being caught red-handed in an illegal Dutch-style cafe.

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Ms Gibson was locked up for four hours after
being caught in a raid at the Dutch Experience in Stockport last January.

She has waited 14 weeks to hear if she would be hauled before the courts.
The Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to press ahead with
charges, the News & Star can reveal.

Ms Gibson, from Alston, said: "I hope this will make things easier for
other medicinal users."

The move comes less than two years after a jury refused to convict
38-year-old Ms Gibson of possession of cannabis on the grounds that it was
the only drug that could ease her MS symptoms.