Brighton Students' Ecstasy Supply Ends With McDonald's Car Park Arrest

Wimbledon Magistrates Court

A young student, who buys party-drug 'ecstasy' in bulk for friends, was caught weighing out a consignment in a Mcdonald's car park.

Oscar Wendt, 20, an undergraduate media studies student at the University of Brighton was seen weighing the drugs and reported to the police.

Wendt, of Upper Lewes Road, Brighton pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing 13.924 grammes of the Class A drug, with intent to supply, in McDonald's, Twickenham Road, Twickenham on January 9.

Wimbledon Magistrates Court heard the alarm was raised when a member of the public spotted him behaving suspiciously with weighing scales and a white substance.

Police arrived and arrested Wendt, who had evidence of 'ecstasy' supply in his mobile phone communications.

When quizzed by officers he said: “I'm taking MDMA myself. I bought them for my own use.”

The court heard Wendt and his fellow-students pool their money to buy in bulk, with the defendant making the trip to south-west London.

It was described as “social supply” and not a commercial enterprise.

The magistrates decided their sentencing powers – a maximum of six months imprisonment – were insufficient and committed Wendt to Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.