Истец убежища признал любовь к Великобритании после освобождения от суда за хранение кокаина

An asylum seeker declared his love for the UK after he walked free from court. Mohammad Alturk, originally from Jordan, gave a smile and a thumbs up outside a court, declaring: “All the best for all British! Love!” Alturk was caught with eight wraps of cocaine, one of which had been opened and used, after he was stopped from driving erratically and without insurance. The 39-year-old, who is now living in Hinckley, Leicestershire, was caught with the drugs in Rayleigh, Essex on December 4 last year. Just two months before that, he had been caught with drugs on him in Abingdon, but was given a community resolution order by Thames Valley Police. This meant he was never charged. He was initially suspected of drug dealing but ultimately dealt with for simple possession. READ MORE: King Charles III nephew has made final decision on next step Basildon Crown Court heard Alturk arrived in the UK in July 2024 and his asylum application was currently “frozen”, pending the outcome of the case. Repeat personal use of the drug in Alturk's home country of Jordan can lead to up to two years imprisonment and a fine. The court heard police spotted a BMW 3 series late at night and realised Alturk – then living in Southend, Essex – was not the insured driver. They watched him drive “erratically” along Crown Hill towards London Road, before taking “a sudden, unindicated right turn into Down Hall Road”. Sentencing judge recorder Suki Daddha said Alturk “took off at speed,” and “failed to stop for the officers, who had their sirens and lights on.” As he tried to evade them, they saw him throw a plastic bag out of the car window containing the eight wraps. Alturk was apprehended when he turned into a cul de sac. He told officers he had just purchased the drugs for £500 for his own use. He was using two to three wraps per day at that time, he claimed. Alturk pleaded guilty on Thursday, August 20 at the Essex crown court to possession of cocaine and driving without insurance. He told the court it had been a friend’s car. Unrepresented by a lawyer, he told recorder Daddha he turned to drugs during a period of poor mental health and stress. Alturk said: “I thought it would help me, but it didn’t. I became sick. I couldn’t sleep.” He said he had now stopped using them. Recorder Daddha fined him £120. He must also pay a statutory £48 court surcharge. It is not clear whether he was living in Abingdon or Oxfordshire at the time he was caught by Thames Valley Police. Court documents show Alturk had previously been fined £50 by a court for having cocaine on him on December 9 in Southend.