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An  MP in Corbyns 'inner circle' has a son who was convicted of intent to supply class A drugs, has avoided a jail sentence.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6322057/Son-Jeremy-Corbyns-close-ally-avoids-jail-smuggling-2-500-drugs-festival.html

His mother – the 50-year-old MP for Edmonton, North London – is a member of Mr Corbyn's inner circle and a vocal social inequality campaigner who has spoken out about 'racist policing' and the Government's 'failed war on drugs'.

The son , Ishmael Osamor is a serving labour councillor, and works in parliament for his mother, will keep both those jobs, but resigned his post as deputy cabinet member of Haringey council.

The race or colour of Mr Osamor is not relevant, but surely he cannot continue in his role as councillor ?
Does  Miss Osamor also not feel the need to make some kind of public apology or at least a demonstration of such.

What do you think the average bloke on the street would have got if he had been convicted of the same offences ?

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Anyone can appeal the sentence. Not sure if this classes as a serious drug offence but might be worth a go.

https://www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

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Ishmael Osamor

Bournemouth Crown Court

19th October

3 offences of intent to supply

1 offence of possession

 

It's all we law abiding can do. But the fact the he admitted 3 offences of intent to supply would surely mean it was not a mistake.

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3 hours ago, Rewulf said:

An  MP in Corbyns 'inner circle' has a son who was convicted of intent to supply class A drugs, has avoided a jail sentence.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6322057/Son-Jeremy-Corbyns-close-ally-avoids-jail-smuggling-2-500-drugs-festival.html

His mother – the 50-year-old MP for Edmonton, North London – is a member of Mr Corbyn's inner circle and a vocal social inequality campaigner who has spoken out about 'racist policing' and the Government's 'failed war on drugs'.

The son , Ishmael Osamor is a serving labour councillor, and works in parliament for his mother, will keep both those jobs, but resigned his post as deputy cabinet member of Haringey council.

The race or colour of Mr Osamor is not relevant, but surely he cannot continue in his role as councillor ?
Does  Miss Osamor also not feel the need to make some kind of public apology or at least a demonstration of such.

What do you think the average bloke on the street would have got if he had been convicted of the same offences ?

He should not be allowed to work in Parliament! 

You are quite right, this is a jailable offence.....so has his mother pulled strings for him? Remember, the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Keir Starmer, is now a front bench Labour MP, and  Emily Thornberry, a Barrister, is also on that Front Bench....................makes you think, doesn,t it?

1 hour ago, arm3000gt said:

Anyone can appeal the sentence. Not sure if this classes as a serious drug offence but might be worth a go.

https://www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

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Ishmael Osamor

Bournemouth Crown Court

19th October

3 offences of intent to supply

1 offence of possession

 

It's all we law abiding can do. But the fact the he admitted 3 offences of intent to supply would surely mean it was not a mistake.

I think I,ll have a go at appealing this lenient sentence. Who is with me?

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Ishmael Osamor, son of Shadow International Development Secretary Kate Osamor, has received a community service sentence after being found in possession of some £2,000 worth of Class A drugs. Ishmael works as a press officer in his mother’s parliamentary office and also became a Labour Councillor in Haringey last year following the controversial deselection of two sitting Labour Councillors. Although Osamor has not declared this in the Register of Members’ Interests – which is a breach of the rules by her.

Councillor Ishmael was caught with 30 grammes of ecstasy, 7.5 grammes of cocaine, 5.7 grammes of ketamine and a bit of cannabis with a total street value of between £1,690 and £2,500. Because prosecutors accepted his claim that this haul of drugs was for “personal use” the judge did not jail him. If he had been taking the drugs to last year’s Bestival event in Dorset for profit he would have got for 4 years jail time. Guido doffs his cap to Ishmael who must have an incredible constitution that would put Keith Richards in his prime to shame. That much ketamine would knock out an elephant, 30 grammes of ecstasy would put a rugby team into rapture for a week and 7 grammes of cocaine is quite some pace for a weekend

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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/outcome-of-unduly-lenient-sentence-referrals

This link allows you to track the progress of any referrals. Only look for the one you want, it makes grim reading. 

I have requested the sentence be reviewed. Looking at the list though not many are actioned upon. Despite the limited information I have, it definitely seems fishy. Community order does fall into the sentencing guidelines for Class A. Surely that is for some guy getting stopped with a few wraps in the street. Not some bloke with half a dozen different substances, in reasonable quantities trying to get into a festival.

Either way we shouldn't have convicted drug dealers as councillors or parliamentary aids, no matter who they are related to or party affiliation. 

Anyway I could rant away but we will see what happens in 28 ish days time.

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46 minutes ago, Gordon R said:

Odd that Prosecutors accepted the drugs were for personal use, but he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply. :whistling:

😃 Wheels within wheels.... friends of friends ..... school of funny handshakes. 👍

I have personal experience of this and could relate quite a few examples of such. 

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This sort of thing is not new and is not limited to any particular political party.

Fiona Onasanya MP, one of our two Peterborough MPs is in court on the 12th of November for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/peterborough-labour-mp-fiona-onasanya-to-stand-trial-for-perverting-the-course-of-justice-alongside-her-brother-1-8599377

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45170272

Surely there should be a mechanism in place that any one involved in public service should be spotless and if not they should lose their job.

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21 hours ago, panoma1 said:

It seems you can get away with most things if you have the wealth, power and/or connections with which to defend/protect yourself.......

It's all about who you know, nothing else is relevant?

17 hours ago, Gordon R said:

Odd that Prosecutors accepted the drugs were for personal use, but he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply. :whistling:

They need replacing, how can that quantity be for personal use?

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5 hours ago, norfolk dumpling said:

And........ working for his mother who is a public servant WE are paying for his habit or, perhaps, funding his drug dealing!

It's worst than that in my view. It's opening up both him and his mother to outside pressures. What happens if the people he buys from start pressuring him to do x, y and z?  This is the slippery slope, where the inside 'man' in organisations occurs. Once you start telling lies or doing shady deals, it's difficult to stop for fear of exposure. Press officer for Shadow International Development Secretary. Sure he has potential access to some sensitive information. Foreign agencies would clearly not be interested getting access to someone in the shadow cabinet of the UK government would they. 

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23 hours ago, norfolk dumpling said:

And........ working for his mother who is a public servant WE are paying for his habit or, perhaps, funding his drug dealing!

Two ways you can look at this.
Either they were for his own personal use (which flys in the face of his intent to supply admission) and he regularly partakes of a cocktail of hard drugs.
Or they were to sell on when he got inside the festival, which makes him a straight forward drug dealer.

Both of which , in my opinion make him incompatible with his public service work, and parliamentary job.

His mother ,an advocate of equality and a critic of the police, and their drug policy, obviously condones the behaviour by not sacking him for gross misconduct, plus leaves her open to hypocrite accusations and possible security issues, knowing full well her son, and his friends are in contact, maybe indirectly, with hardened criminals.
Her position is without doubt, questionable.

Also, where is the media attention ?
If this were a senior tory MP s son , it wouldnt surprise me if it were plastered all over the 10 oclock news !
Double standards all around methinks.

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