82-year-old German gets 'last warning' for marijuana dealing

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='A man shows his company's new cannabis buds at the WEEDCon 2020 in Los Angeles, January 20, 2020. Etienne Laurent, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/04/01/cannabis-epa-efe-4022022.jpg' ><figcaption>A man shows his company's new cannabis buds at the WEEDCon 2020 in Los Angeles, January 20, 2020. <em>Etienne Laurent, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A German man on Monday was handed a suspended sentence at the age of 82 for dealing cannabis.</p><p>The pensioner, who is a former sailor, was convicted of dealing several dozen grams of marijuana in 2022 and at the start of 2023.</p><p>What we know about the case<br/>The ruling was delivered by the district court in the town of Aurich in East Frisia, in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony.</p><p>The defendant admitted to the charges, saying that he began selling the drug due to the fact that his pension of €800 ($855) was insufficient to cover his living costs.</p><p>Prosecutors had asked the court to impose a 34-month prison term due to the man's criminal record, which included 24 previous convictions and an ongoing suspended sentence.</p><p>Judges said that the defendant's case was a special one due to his poverty and health problems.</p><p>"We have taken into account the circumstances in which you did this," the presiding judge in Aurich said, addressing the defendant.</p><p>However, the judge said that this was the man's "very last warning" to avoid jail.</p><p>The man has been assigned a probation officer by the state, and the ruling can still be subject to appeal.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2406576' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>The defendant admitted to the charges, saying that he began selling the drug due to the fact that his pension of €800 ($855) was insufficient to cover his living costs.</p><p>Prosecutors had asked the court to impose a 34-month prison term due to the man's criminal record, which included 24 previous convictions and an ongoing suspended sentence.</p><p>Judges said that the defendant's case was a special one due to his poverty and health problems.</p><p>"We have taken into account the circumstances in which you did this," the presiding judge in Aurich said, addressing the defendant.</p><p>However, the judge said that this was the man's "very last warning" to avoid jail.</p><p>The man has been assigned a probation officer by the state, and the ruling can still be subject to appeal.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2406576' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>The pensioner, who is a former sailor, was convicted of dealing several dozen grams of marijuana in 2022 and at the start of 2023.</p><p>What we know about the case<br>The ruling was delivered by the district court in the town of Aurich in East Frisia, in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='A man shows his company's new cannabis buds at the WEEDCon 2020 in Los Angeles, January 20, 2020. Etienne Laurent, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/04/01/cannabis-epa-efe-4022022.jpg' ><figcaption>A man shows his company's new cannabis buds at the WEEDCon 2020 in Los Angeles, January 20, 2020. <em>Etienne Laurent, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A German man on Monday was handed a suspended sentence at the age of 82 for dealing cannabis.</p>

A German man on Monday was handed a suspended sentence at the age of 82 for dealing cannabis.

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82-year-old German gets 'last warning' for marijuana dealing

82-year-old German gets 'last warning' for marijuana dealing