Bluetones guitarist Adam Devlin (second from left) appeared in court on drugs charges
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Bluetones guitarist had drugs after Westy gig
July 27, 2010
A MEMBER of indie band The Bluetones has been handed a police caution for possession of cannabis after appearing in court charged with the offence.
Adam Devlin, guitarist with the north London group who topped the charts with their debut album Expecting To Fly in 1996, appeared before Aldershot magistrates on Tuesday morning last week (July 20).
Police said he was arrested at a hotel in Farnborough just hours after a concert at the West End Centre in Queen’s Road, Aldershot, on April 17.
In a hearing that lasted less than five minutes, Devlin, 40, representing himself, told magistrates he had agreed to be cautioned by police for the offence.
The guitarist, wearing a navy blue suit, brown tie and thick-rimmed glasses, was accused of possession of cannabis, a Class B drug.
The offence can carry a punishment of up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine, although someone caught with the drug will usually be offered a police caution or given an on-the-spot fine.
Smoking
Police said they were called to the Travelodge in Victoria Road, Farnborough, on April 18 this year after receiving reports just after midnight that a man was smoking in his room.
Officers went to the budget hotel, opened last year as part of the Farnborough town centre redevelopment, and arrested Devlin on suspicion of possession of drugs at 12.20am.
Dan O’Neill, prosecuting, told the court that Devlin, of North Countess Road, Walthamstow, was due to report to Aldershot police station on Thursday last week (July 22).
Magistrates adjourned the case until August 10 but said the hearing would not go ahead if Devlin accepted the caution.
Police later confirmed that a 40-year-old man had accepted a police caution for possession of cannabis on Thursday.
The Bluetones achieved fame as part of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, hitting number two in the charts with their single Slight Return, before their debut album went straight in at number one, knocking Oasis’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory off the top.
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