An application under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) will be heard at Bristol Crown Court in May in relation to a 29-year-old Bath drug dealer who was caught with more than four kilos of cannabis.
Bath Magistrates’ Court
Leon Davies, of Fox Hill in Combe Down, pleaded guilty at Bath Magistrates’ Court on 18th February to possession with intent to supply.
He’d been found with the large quantity of the class B drug at Sydney Mews in Bath on 19th August 2024.
Magistrates had asked the Probation Service to prepare a pre-sentence report and said they would be considering all options, including committing Davies to Bristol Crown Court where the sentencing powers are greater.
Davies was back at the magistrates’ court for sentencing on Monday 20th April when prosecutor Paul Kelly said an application had been made under POCA, which could only be heard at the Crown Court.
The legislation is aimed at confiscating assets derived from criminal activities. Mr Kelly said the application was for cash and a number of items.
Both the sentencing and POCA application will both take place at Bristol Crown Court on 26th May. Davies’s unconditional bail was extended until then.
