Nice One, Alan!

'A senior judge has ignored ‘soft’ new drugs sentencing  guidelines by jailing six men for growing cannabis.
Judge Alan Goldsack criticised regulations that came into force last week and defied the authority of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

Under the new guidelines, at least four of the six offenders who were jailed at Sheffield Crown Court should probably have been given a community penalty.'
When I was a 'magistrate qualified to sit in Crown Court', I once had the privilege and pleasure of sitting with this gentleman whilst dealing with certain appeals from summary disposals.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2110262/Cannabis-growers-MUST-jailed-says-judge.html#ixzz1oDzyUfTI