Quote Originally Posted by Greenthing
Hi flyingimam, It can depend on where you live in England the more rural the area the harsher the police will deal with you.
Just having scales can be enough to convict you.
There are many excuses for possessing scales but the courts have heard them all, if they want to make an example of someone to deter the use of drugs they will, no doubt about it.
Two Oz is quite a lot to plead personal use, but some do get a lenient sentence the case can go either way.
i was just pointing it out, police will always put as much weight as they can when charging people everywhere in the world, im sure not familiar with UK, but I'm quite certain a good lawyer will not let his client to be made an example of for others, no matter the locality. Courts are courts and operate by certain rules and a good lawyer can always take advantage of those rules, however as i said im no expert on UK laws at all and as u mentioned this is not by any means an amount thats considered personal

it mostly comes down to defense team/lawyer, that was my main point along with a real life example

courts hear many repeated things, it just matters how the defense presents the argument, weak defense and it will not fly, strong defense with a good backup and argument and it may do the job.
nowhere in the modern world police are the ones to convict citizens to the best of my knowledge, they can at best make a case and charge someone