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MAN SENTENCED FOR SUPPLYING CANNABIS TO FELLOW CANCER PATIENT

An unusual – and unfortunate – case before Newcastle Local Court today, with an elderly Merewether man sentenced on drug charges.

Leslie Robert Lingard used cannabis during his treatment for cancer, and was nabbed by police last month, after revealing he’d sold an ounce to a fellow patient.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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