'I can show you the door, you have to walk through it'
A teenager who got caught-up with some big players in the Hawke's Bay methamphetamine trade has been granted home detention for offences which carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
James Morris, not yet 19 and with family waiting anxiously in the public gallery as he appeared in Napier District Court on Friday, was sentenced to 11 months' home detention, departing with a sound warning from Judge Gordon Matenga, not only for himself but also others who might drift into the clutch of the drugs and the trade.
He had pleaded guilty to charges of supplying methamphetamine and possessing cannabis for supply – with 28.5g and several ounces of cannabis identified in Morris's street-level operation as part of a much wider police investigation.
Link to article: Judge to 18yo meth dealer: 'I can show you the door, you have to walk through it' - NZ Herald
