{"source_url": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk", "url": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18131970.man-caught-class-drugs-walks-free-court-fine-written-off/?ref=rss", "title": "Man caught with class A drugs walks free from court after fine 'written off'", "top_image": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396/", "meta_img": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396/", "images": ["https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396.jpg?display=1&htype=0&type=responsive-gallery", "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/monogram/", "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/static/nile/img/bg-reply-right.png", "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/sitelogo/?r=j8sRTFQd", "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/sitelogo/", "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396/"], "movies": [], "text": "A MAN caught with class A drugs in his possession has walked free from court.\n\nTerrance Headley appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.\n\nThe 46-year-old of Kempson Crescent, Oxford, pleaded guilty to one count of having in his possession a quantity of crack cocaine and another count of having a quantity of cannabis.\n\nProsecutors said that Headley was found with the class A drugs on May 13 last year.\n\nOfficers were called to the address of a vulnerable person in Oxford and found Headley inside.\n\nHe was found to have a clear tube on his person which later tested positive for cocaine.\n\nAt interview he admitted possessing the drugs for his own personal use.\n\nREAD ALSO: Man caught drunk in Banbury road.\n\nAfterwards he failed to attend his court hearing and was arrested after a warrant was issued.\n\nWhen he was arrested by police on December 31 he was found to have in his possession a single cannabis 'spliff.'\n\nIn mitigation his defence team said that Headley had pleaded guilty to the offences at the first opportunity.\n\nThe court heard that he didn't attend his initial court hearing because at the time he did not have an address and so he did not receive his court summons which was sent by post.\n\nSentencing, magistrates ordered a fine of \u00a316 for each offence, totalling \u00a332, as well as a \u00a332 victim surcharge.\n\nThose financial penalties were 'written off,' however, in lieu of his time already served in custody.\n\nThat means that he was not ordered to pay any penalty or made subject to any conditions for the two offences.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 14:01:11 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "A MAN caught with class A drugs in his possession has walked free from court.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/resources/images/1799918/", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no", "OMG-Verify-V1": "4389-366acdfc-5224-4c07-bb70-f74d8fbfc2db", "og": {"url": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18131970.man-caught-class-drugs-walks-free-court-fine-written-off/", "site_name": "Oxford Mail", "image": {"identifier": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396/", "width": 450, "height": 300}, "title": "Man caught with class A drugs walks free from court after fine 'written off'", "type": "website", "name": "Man caught with class A drugs walks free from court after fine 'written off'", "description": "A MAN caught with class A drugs in his possession has walked free from court."}, "twitter": {"image": {"src": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/9746396/"}, "card": "summary_large_image", "title": "Man caught with class A drugs walks free from court after fine 'written off'", "description": "A MAN caught with class A drugs in his possession has walked free from court."}, "fb": {"app_id": 198697893490897, "pages": 190311590981642}, "medium": "news", "title": "Man caught with class A drugs walks free from court after fine 'written off'", "description": "A MAN caught with class A drugs in his possession has walked free from court."}, "canonical_link": "https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18131970.man-caught-class-drugs-walks-free-court-fine-written-off/"}