A storage employee claimed he had practically £10,000 price of hashish in his dwelling for private use as a result of he was a drug "connoisseur".
Gary Winton informed a court docket he smoked totally different sorts of hash at totally different instances of the day and located it higher to purchase in bulk.
He mentioned he had no concept he had stockpiled a lot of the drug when an enormous stash was recovered by police throughout a raid on his Perth flat.
Nonetheless, a jury rejected his declare to easily be a prolific "hashish connoisseur" and as an alternative discovered him responsible of dealing the drug for revenue.
Sheriff William Wooden deferred sentence for reviews and mentioned: "There was a considerable quantity of hashish present in your flat and you've got at all times acknowledged possession of that.
"Due to the character and seriousness of the cost you've got been discovered responsible of, I can not cope with this in the present day."
Skateboarder Winton, 31, from Perth, informed the jury he "beloved" to smoke weed.
He mentioned he knew which varieties had been greatest for waking you up within the mornings and which may assist help sleep at night time.
The jury at Perth Sheriff Court docket heard that just about a kilo of the category B drug was recovered by police from his property within the metropolis's Gowrie Avenue.
He admitted the drug belonged to him however he denied he was a seller.
Jurors discovered Winton responsible of caring within the provide of hashish.
The court docket heard officers swooped on the flat on 4 March 2019 and located a number of tubs of hashish, in addition to scales and snap-bags with traces of the drug.
Winton informed jurors he purchased his medicine with cash he made fixing and constructing classic bicycles.
He claimed the scales had been used to weigh bike elements, whereas the baggage had been used to carry small bolts and nuts.
When cross-examined by fiscal depute Michael Dunlop, Winton admitted he additionally used the scales to weigh hashish "to understand how a lot I am smoking in a day."
The trial heard Winton had been utilizing hashish for a decade and estimated he was recurrently utilizing half an oz per day.
"You like to smoke hashish, do not you?" requested Mr Dunlop.
Winton replied: "Sure, it is true."
When informed by police that just about a kilo of hashish was present in his flat, Winton responded: "I did not realise there was that a lot in my home, to be sincere.
"It is higher to purchase in bulk."
Throughout his police interview, Winton refused to call who he purchased the medicine from.
"I am sincere up till the purpose I get somebody in bother," he mentioned.
"I do know the folks I purchase it from and now we have a trusting relationship."
Winton informed the jury: "I might think about myself a connoisseur. It was all for private use."
He reeled off the names of some strains of the drug he used at totally different instances of the day, similar to Stardog, Nebula and Gelato.
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, mentioned her consumer had at all times admitted possession of the hashish.
"If he was some wily drug seller, he would have informed police: 'That is not mine, I used to be taking care of it for another person.'"
Winton had bail continued for reviews and will likely be sentenced in August.
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