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Taunton man sentenced for stealing crystals worth £1185

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A TAUNTON man has been sentenced for possessing ketamine and cannabis and for stealing crystals worth £1185 from Glastonbury stores.

The defendant, Damien Vilensky, 38, of Newton Road, Taunton, appeared in Taunton Magistrates' Court on September 4 of this year.

Vilensky has pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and ketamine and stealing £1185 worth of crystals from Glastonbury.

Vilensky admitted to possessing 0.7 grams of ketamine on July 1 of last year and 4.27 grams of cannabis on June 13 of last year.

Vilensky also pleaded guilty to stealing a crystal worth approximately £100 from Elestial Crystals on April 22 of last year, a crystal to the value of £285 from the same store on June 13 of last year, and crystals worth £800 from Crystals, Glastonbury on May 14 of this year.

Vilensky has been ordered to complete a community order which includes 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Vilensky must also pay £200 in compensation.

The court has also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the 0.7 grams of ketamine.

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