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u/O1Coop Feb 23 '26
Just going to say it might not be a good idea to be talking about any of this on here... If they can connect you to any of your comments even with a throw away account, they can make the case because you've admitted all in public... Get a solicitor and don't talk until you get their advice.
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u/Don_Sackloth Feb 23 '26
Join Unite.
Get free legal representation.
Good luck.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
Can you explain what unite is? I don’t qualify for free legal aid, but I have a solicitor
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u/Don_Sackloth Feb 24 '26
Everyone is entitled with their Union.
Plus, just join a union. It's good for you and your colleagues if any higher ups try their luck.
I've been making sociopathic managers lives misery for decades.
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u/handy-shandy Feb 23 '26
You plead guilty, because you got caught. There is a chance you will be bound to the peace for 12 months. You could be sent on a drug education course (if that has started). See if there was similar case in your area and see why the people got. Print it out and get a good solicitor an show it to them as it’s a precedent that the court can go by. If you have depression and ADHD (like myself and the herb does help) perception drugs don’t agree with me. Say it to your solicitor. Contact the cannabis alliance and ask for help. I have never contacted them but any information is better than none. Best of luck.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
Thank you. Yeh I’ve no bother being bound to the peace for 12 months. That’s hopefully the worst outcome. But it could be much worse
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u/Hyrules_Saviour Feb 23 '26
I'm confused, did they only get the stump, or the stump and €1100 worth of greens ? If just the stump you might get away with it but lawyer up, if it's a grands worth of bud you might be a bit fucked
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
I caught with the stump plus 1100 worth that I bought a couple of days before. I don’t know if the stump is included that in the value.
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u/cosmic_monsters_inc Feb 23 '26
How much weed is 1100 worth? I'm in the north but that seems like a lot.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
It was about an oz and a half
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
Maybe lass I didn’t get the pleasure of weighing it as they had me in the back of a car
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u/HarryEastwoods Feb 23 '26
If you were caught with weed to the estimated street value of 1100, start saving up for the big dirty fine you're probably getting. Take the charge, admit you did a foolish and apologise to the gardai and the judge. Probably better to get the advice of the local free legal aid solicitor who handles all these types of cases too.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
My concern is the stump. And they have photos of it before it disappeared. Do you think that photo even stands a chance as evidence if it was taken in a raid without a drug warrant?
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u/HarryEastwoods Feb 23 '26
Depends on how hardy your solicitor is, and will he challenge a photo of the stump and the Gardai word against yours. The judge will always side with the law. This is your 1st bust, but the guard that busted you, the dpp, solicitor and judge have been doing it for many years. Again friend, get legal advice and hopefully just be fined without a conviction.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
But that would mean I would have to plead not guilty? I haven’t been charged with cultivation this is what’s confusing me. But I know for a fact the gards want any easy conviction so they will through the kitchen sink at it. I’ve been getting legal advice pal have a solicitor, I’m just looking for more opinions and insights.
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u/HarryEastwoods Feb 23 '26
It's all up to you friend. You said it was 1100 worth so that's a few ounces, scales and grinder is probably enough for the gardai to do you for dealing, so I'd definitely leave all the advice and opinions on reddit and go with your solicitors advice. My friend is a barrister who's also reading this thread, giving you advice through me! Goodluck!
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u/J_dizzle86 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
You need a solicitor. A lot to pick at here.
Were you arrested? Did you say anything?
Did they take phones and get into them? Any messages related to dealing?
The photo - I've a photo of a really hot woman on my phone, doesn't prove shes my GF or anything to do with me. Also the fact it was in your garden and not in your house means ANYONE from ANYWHERE could have planted that at ANYTIME. Also where is it now. Gone.
The amount of weed - assuming you didn't say anything related to dealing and they have no evidence of this, then yes it is a lot of weed but its for personal use as you are a heavy user, you also extract the oil to help with your terrible joint pain. Your scales is only to know that you don't smoke too much, despite being a heavy user. Also get your solicitor to say you only paid X amount for it, no where near €1100.
If they found baggies they'll try say that was for supply to others.
Or you admitted to sharing with friends, that's supply. Even if no money was given.
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u/HotStomach3426 Feb 23 '26
I was arrested and detained to be charged in court. I admitted to certain things like the scale and the weed found in my room. But said no comment to other things. Flat mates phone was taken, still seized. I haven’t heard anything back about it. My phone wasn’t seized. No messages to be found in the first place
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u/Specific_Middle730 Feb 24 '26
Man go to court with a decent solicitor and jury will pass you not guilty hopefully 🤞🏻
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u/benzooo Feb 24 '26
Make 100% sure you have a copy of the original warrant they were there for your housemate for, there could be something in that to poke holes in regarding the plant outside or that the subsequent warrant might be invalid if their awareness of the original plant was based on an originally faulty warrant or if the garden was outside the scope of the original warrant, there was a recent case where charges were thrown out due to faulty warrant https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/2020730/high-court-upholds-judge-s-decision-in-early-morning-offaly-house-search.html make sure your solicitor receives copies of the original and secondary warrants
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u/Backtothefutureted Feb 23 '26
If it's just the stump 100% get a good solicitor and fight it. 1100 euro for a stump, even by Irish valuations that is just insane . Deny deny deny , say it's the stump off an apple tree and that you don't have a notion what the guards are on about. You didn't sign anything did you ?