Pubdate: Fri, 27 Sep 2002
Source: Stockport Express (UK)
Contact:  http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1564
Referenced:  http://www.ccguide.org.uk/colindaviestory.html
Cited: Dutch Experience 
http://www.greenhosting.co.uk/dutchexperiencewebsiite/startframe.htm

CANNABIS CAFE IS MEDICINAL

A MAN who started an Amsterdam-style coffee shop told a court it's cannabis 
supply was for medicinal purposes.

Colin Davies, 44, faces a variety of cannabis related charges after opening 
the Dutch Experience in Reddish last year.

Mr Davies of Romney Towers, Reddish, initially set up a group which sold 
cannabis to around 200 ill people, he told the court, before opening the 
cafe. "I am a caring person. I have put my head on the line for these 
people," Mr Davies told the jury at Manchester Crown Court.

Mr Davies faces six charges, all he denies. Phillip Rainford, 35, of Market 
Place, Stockport; Stephen Caveney, 47, of Rishworth Close, Offerton; Andrew 
Young, 32, of Reddish Road, Stockport, also deny drug-related charges in 
this case.
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