{"id":28032,"date":"2018-03-20T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28032"},"modified":"2018-03-20T16:24:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:24:12","slug":"police-found-spice-drug-mans-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/20\/police-found-spice-drug-mans-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Police found Spice drug in man&#039;s pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AN unemployed man has been fined \u00a3145 for having less than a gram of Spice in his pocket. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mark Rockey, of Valley View, Trowbridge spoke out of turn several times during today&#8217;s case at Cardiff Magistrates Court and as he left<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0he shouted: \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t have made it illegal!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rockey, 29, had pleaded guilty to possessing a class B drug. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On November 5 last year, Rockey was huddled in a doorway with a group of people when two plainclothes police officers searched him and found 0.7 grams of Spice in his pocket. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He will pay the fine at \u00a310 a week, to be cut from his benefits. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The court heard that last August he was also found guilty of possessing Spice and was fined \u00a385. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Defending, Chris Cormack said: \u201cHe has years of issues with drug misuse and mental health, but this is the first time I have seen Mr Rockey before the court drug-free. 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