Student drug dealers spared jail as judge says he was impressed by the grammar in their text message

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From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/03/student-drug-dealers-spared-jail-judge-says-impressed-grammar/

Student drug dealers spared jail as judge says he was impressed by the grammar in their text messages


Luke Rance (pictured) bought cannabis in bulk and sold it to 21-year-old Brandon Kerrison who was then dealing it to people in Gower, south Wales, a court heard CREDIT: WALES NEWS SERVICE

Telegraph Reporters
3 JANUARY 2019 • 2:23PM

Two young drug dealers were praised by a judge for the high standard of grammar in their text messages to customers.

Teenager Luke Rance bought cannabis in bulk and sold it to 21-year-old Brandon Kerrison for him to deal to people in Gower, South Wales, a court heard.

Judge David Hale, who sentenced the pair on Wednesday, noted that the "grammar and punctuation" used in their drug-dealing text messages was of a much better standard than usually seen.

Swansea Crown Court heard that officers were on foot patrol in the evening on December 17 last year in Pennard when they passed the village library.

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1. And people say the English language skills of students in Wales suffer...

because students are forced to learn Welsh.