Nathan Sharp has been found guilty on two counts of selling unsuitable food at his café in Perth, Western Australia.
Perth, Australia café owner Nathan Sharp has been fined $15,000 for selling a mother and two children brownies infused with cannabis in 2019, according to 9News. Testing revealed that the brownies contained trace amounts of THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana.
Urine samples provided by all three affected family members tested positive for THC, prompting Maxwell to call the police, according to theThe next day, Maxwell returned to the café and purchased another brownie, which he sent to the laboratory ChemCentre for analysis. The analysis allegedly confirmed that the brownies contained something besides eggs, flour, sugar, butter, and chocolate—specifically, THC.
While the judge assigned to the case, Magistrate Lynette Dias, accepted that the sale of the drugged brownies was unintentional, she deemed Sharp neither an"honest, reliable, or credible" witness dismissing his defense as"far-fetched and fanciful," according to the ABC. On May 19, Sharp was found guilty on both counts. However, he reportedly plans to appeal the decision.