Judge condemns calls to decriminalise cannabis after the drug ’caused and exacerbated’ mental health issues of man who killed his own mother, 73

 Judge condemns calls to decriminalise cannabis after the drug ’caused and exacerbated’ mental health issues of man who killed his own mother, 73

Judge Steven Everett warned cannabis was a ‘terrible’ substance as he sentenced Simon Carter, 50, for killing his widowed mother Gwyneth at her home in Macclesfield, Cheshire on July 16, 2025.

A judge has condemned calls to legalise cannabis after a son killed his estranged mother during a severe mental health episode when he developed paranoid schizophrenia following his habitual smoking …