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The devastated family of a Kaikohe community leader jailed for two years for cannabis supply has lodged an appeal.
Kelly van Gaalen✓, a 38-year-old mother of three, was sentenced to two years in prison for possession of cannabis for supply in the Kaikohe District Court on July 30 following a jury trial. She was charged with having 684g of cannabis, 24 times the personal use limit of 28g.
She had two plants, including one that had grown "exceptionally well", a family spokesperson says.
"She was a victim of an exceptional gardening skill," the spokesperson says.
"You don't use a pile driver to pulverise a peanut."
The family applied for bail in Whangarei District Court on August 3. The application was declined.
The application has gone to the Court of Appeal and they are waiting for lawyers to file submissions.
The spokesperson says the family is devastated with the jail term....
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