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Man pleads guilty to possessing cannabis and failing to appear at court

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Beth Wyatt

Published: 5:04 PM June 10, 2014    Updated: 6:52 PM December 7, 2020

A man has pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and failing to appear at court twice.

Derek Antwi, 21, of no fixed abode, admitted the offences when he appeared at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on June 3.

He has been remanded in custody and is due back at the court next Tuesday.

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