Lowestoft teenager given community order for drug offence | Lowestoft Journal


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Frankie Fallaize, a 19-year-old from Lowestoft, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply. The incident occurred in April 2022 when police responded to reports of gunfire. Police found 22g of cocaine (potential street value up to £2,000) in his possession. Fallaize claimed he didn't know the contents of the bag or the person who gave it to him.

Sentencing

Fallaize received a two-year community order, a three-month curfew (7 pm to 7 am), and six months of trail monitoring. He had previously received a community order from magistrates, including an alcohol abstinence requirement and unpaid work.

Mitigation

The defense argued that Fallaize, who was 16 at the time of the offence, is no longer drinking and has stable housing.

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Police went to the Hemplands in Lowestoft in April 2022 after receiving reports that a rifle was being fired at a shed door, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

When police went to the area they detained Frankie Fallaize for a weapons search and he told officers he’d been given a bag of something by someone who had run off when the police arrived, said Richard Potts, prosecuting.

The bag, which was in his trousers, was found to contain 22g of a powder containing cocaine which had a potential street value of up to £2,000.

Fallaize said he hadn’t known what the package contained or who the person was who gave him the bag.

Fallaize, 19, of the Hemplands, Lowestoft, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply and was given a two-year community order, a three-month curfew between 7pm and 7am and a trail monitoring requirement for six months.

Andrew Thompson, for Fallaize, said his client had been given a community order with an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement and 120 hours unpaid work by magistrates on Friday last week.

He said Fallaize, who was only 16 at the time of the drug offence in 2022, was no longer drinking as a result of the alcohol abstinence tag and had somewhere settled to live.

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