Criminal Defence
Drug Offences: Solicitor Sean Reilly, Manchester and the North West
Possession with intent to supply allegations are built on inference. Inference can be challenged.
Quantity, packaging, cash, phone messages and lifestyle evidence are used to convert simple possession into supply. We examine how that download was obtained and interpreted, whether attribution of a phone or an address is actually proven, and whether search and seizure was lawful.
Where possession is admitted, the focus becomes diversion, out of court disposal and keeping the outcome away from custody.
Penalties you could face
- Possession: fine to 5 years custody depending on class
- Possession with intent to supply: substantial custodial sentences
- Confiscation and forfeiture proceedings
How Sean can help
- Unlawful stop, search or entry
- No proof of intent to supply, or social supply only
- Attribution of phones, addresses and cash not proven
- Duress and county lines exploitation
Frequently asked questions
Can a supply charge be reduced to possession?
Frequently, where the supply inference is weak. That reduction often changes the sentence from custody to a community order.
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