BBC News reports that aging 80’s popstar George Michael has been arrested for possession of Class A drugs (ie. crack cocaine) while in a public restroom yesterday in the UK. You may recall that Michael has experience with getting arrested in public restrooms, except the last time he got busted it was for “holding” another man’s biz … this time he got busted for just holding drugs:
The singer George Michael has been cautioned after being arrested in a public toilet for possession of drugs, thought to include crack cocaine. “A 45-year-old man was arrested on 19 September on suspicion of possession of drugs in the Hampstead Heath area,” a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. The singer was taken to a police station and given the caution for possessing class A and class C drugs. Home Office Minister Tony McNulty said drug laws needed to be “flexible”. Asked why Michael had been given a relatively mild punishment for the possession of class A drugs, Mr McNulty said he did not know the details of the case. But he added that the law provides a wide range of punishments for possession of drugs, and “circumstances and context” had to be applied. The Home Office website says possession of class A drugs can result in up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. Mr McNulty told the BBC: “The biggest message is that drugs are wrong and people will be punished, but it must be right that there is flexiblity in the law.” But the government has the balance “about right” between being tough when it needs to be and providing treatment for individuals “to get off that horrible spiral of drug dependancy and crime”, he added.
So … the lesson for George Michael here is that because he qualifies for “flexibility” in adjudication of the law then he doesn’t have to worry about being properly punished for his crimes, which I’m sure won’t do much to dissuade him from thinking he can commit the very same crime again in the future and, again, not get punished. Sounds like a winning plan to me. Don’t get me wrong, I like George Michael, but I think a nice hefty punishment (say, 7 years in prison, as the law states) might teach the man to behave in public restrooms from now on.
PS: It’s interesting to note that George Michael’s first public restroom arrest was in 1998, this one occurred in 2008. HMM … mebbe this is just interesting to me.
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