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Cannabis charges against MS sufferer dropped
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Posted on 07/09/2003 1:50:54 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Ananova:
Cannabis charges against MS sufferer dropped
The case against a wheelchair-bound woman with multiple sclerosis accused of supplying cannabis chocolates to fellow sufferers has been formally dropped.
Kirkwall Sheriff Court heard that Elizabeth Ivol, 55, also known as Biz, was no longer fit to stand trial.
The move came Ms Ivol, of South Ronaldsay, an island off Orkney, was at the centre of a medical emergency.
She was taken to hospital in ambulance after being found unconscious at her home.
Ms Ivol had always said she planned to put an end to her pain by taking her own life once the court case was completed.
Earlier, it emerged the crown was planning to drop charges against Ms Ivol.
She was accused of possessing supplying and cultivating cannabis after police visited her home in August 2001.
In a makeshift court at Kirkwall's leisure centre, called into service because of its disabled access Ivol's solicitor, James McKay told the court her GP had produced a report stating she had become "unfit for any further court appearance". This was due to her MS.
Procurator Fiscal Sue Foard accepted the findings of the report, which was dated June 23, saying that it would be inappropriate for the case to continue.
Speaking at the end of the proceedings Sheriff Colin Scott Mackenzie told the court it was "an unsatisfactory ending to a sad case".
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posted on
07/09/2003 1:52:49 PM PDT
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To: freepatriot32
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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posted on
07/09/2003 1:58:10 PM PDT
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PaxMacian
(Gen 1:29)
To: *Wod_list
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posted on
07/09/2003 1:58:51 PM PDT
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freepatriot32
(Heaven is weary, of the hollow words Which States and Kingdoms utter when they talk of justice)
To: freepatriot32
I'm almost tempted to send out a penguin ping....
To: shadowman99
Aw, you beat me to it! ;-)
To: shadowman99
whats a penguin ping? I've been around here awhile and havent heard that term used before
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posted on
07/09/2003 2:34:07 PM PDT
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freepatriot32
(Heaven is weary, of the hollow words Which States and Kingdoms utter when they talk of justice)
To: freepatriot32; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Libertarianize the GOP; *tech_index; MizSterious; ...
"whats a penguin ping? I've been around here awhile and havent heard that term used before" It is when we summon the Linux users.
And I've decided what the hell. Release the hounds!
To: freepatriot32
illness, schmillness. Flog the scofflaw!
To: freepatriot32
This oughta anger the WODers. This brazen criminal deserves life in prison!!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/09/2003 4:30:10 PM PDT
by
Conservative til I die
(They say anti-Catholicism is the thinking man's anti-Semitism; that's an insult to thinking men)
To: freepatriot32
You would think that the police would have something better to do with their time.
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posted on
07/09/2003 4:50:59 PM PDT
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RJayneJ
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To: RJayneJ
The concept is ludrcrous. Money wasted and causing more pain for the patients.
To: shadowman99; jmc813; Wolfie
I will also ping the king of the Wod list keeper.
JMC call out the hounds.
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posted on
07/10/2003 7:48:54 AM PDT
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vin-one
(I wish i had something clever to put in this tag)
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
07/10/2003 7:59:50 AM PDT
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jmc813
(Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
To: freepatriot32
And this story is relevent .....how?
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