Deemster Luft upheld a one-month prison sentence for cannabis possession in Mandryk. He defended the island’s use of deterrent sentences and said its courts did not always follow English sentencing guidance closely. Legal historian Peter W. Edge records the ruling as part of a custodial approach already apparent in cases from 1977.[1]
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References
- Manx Public LawPeter W. Edge · Isle of Man Law Society · 1997 · Chapter 17, printed p.242 and footnotes 6–7; Mandryk [1978], Law Society Library, and Ward [1978]; historian’s account and quotation of the judgmentsarchived
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