University lecturer Brian Dodgeon, who admitted possessing a hoard of Class A drugs at his house where a schoolgirl died, was spared jail today.
sobel Jones-Reilly, 15, died in April after taking ecstasy at an unsupervised party at the west London home of Brian Dodgeon.
Dodgeon, 61, had a stash of party drugs ââ¬â ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and a psychedelic drug known as Foxy Methoxy ââ¬â hidden in a wardrobe in his bedroom, but said he never thought the teenagers would find it.
Today, he was given an eight-month sentence suspended for two years at London's Isleworth Crown Court.
Passing sentence, Judge Andrew McDowall told Dodgeon: The worst punishment you can have is one that will last for the rest of your conscious life ââ¬â the knowledge that because of the possession of these drugs and your failure to keep them secure from teenage experimentation has resulted in a death.
You know that and it is obviously a burden on you.
He added: The failures of communication between parents and teenage children are very often the subject of humour.
But the failures of knowledge and communication sometimes have terrible results, as happened here.
The judge imposed a six-month curfew order requiring the lecturer to be at home between the hours of 9pm and 7am, told him to pay ã150 towards the prosecution's costs and ordered the destruction of the drugs.
Full article with pictures: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...schoolgirl-died-taking-drugs-at-his-home.html
sobel Jones-Reilly, 15, died in April after taking ecstasy at an unsupervised party at the west London home of Brian Dodgeon.
Dodgeon, 61, had a stash of party drugs ââ¬â ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and a psychedelic drug known as Foxy Methoxy ââ¬â hidden in a wardrobe in his bedroom, but said he never thought the teenagers would find it.
Today, he was given an eight-month sentence suspended for two years at London's Isleworth Crown Court.
Passing sentence, Judge Andrew McDowall told Dodgeon: The worst punishment you can have is one that will last for the rest of your conscious life ââ¬â the knowledge that because of the possession of these drugs and your failure to keep them secure from teenage experimentation has resulted in a death.
You know that and it is obviously a burden on you.
He added: The failures of communication between parents and teenage children are very often the subject of humour.
But the failures of knowledge and communication sometimes have terrible results, as happened here.
The judge imposed a six-month curfew order requiring the lecturer to be at home between the hours of 9pm and 7am, told him to pay ã150 towards the prosecution's costs and ordered the destruction of the drugs.
Full article with pictures: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...schoolgirl-died-taking-drugs-at-his-home.html
