Lawyer took ecstasy into T in the Park music festival in underwear

Perth Sheriff: Justine Siebenaler was in possession of ecstasy.

A lawyer has been found guilty of taking ecstasy into the T in the Park music festival in her underwear.

A court was told that Justine Siebenaler, 26, would no longer be able to pursue a career in the law after being convicted of having Class A drugs.

Siebenaler wept in the dock at Perth Sheriff Court on Monday as a security officer described how she pulled two bags of drugs out of her underwear during a search.

Tina Spence, 34, was carrying out searches on people entering the music festival when Siebenaler and her friend raised suspicions by behaving oddly.

She said: "They were acting very suspiciously. They wouldn't look us in the eyes. I told her I had suspicions and that what I was going to do was get the police. I said to her the best thing to do was to tell me what she had. She pulled bags from her trousers, from her underwear, and showed me what she had in the bags.

"She gave me them out of her underwear. There were five pink tablets. She was starting to get upset and was crying. I told her we had had a briefing before T in the Park with G4S Security and we were told that these pink pills were killing people before T in the Park, so if anyone was found with them we had to inform the police."

Siebenaler, Argyle Street, Glasgow, was found guilty of possessing Ecstasy at T in the Park at Balado Farm Estate on July 9 last year.

A second charge, of having cannabis, was dropped by the Crown.

Solicitor David Holmes, defending, said Siebenaler had recently graduated in law but that career path would "now be closed to her" as a result of her conviction.

Sheriff Eric Brown said it would be a matter for the professional body to decide and he fined Siebenaler £200.

Siebenaler had previously tried to have the case against her thrown out when witnesses failed to turn up to give evidence but the bid was rejected by another sheriff.

Siebenaler claimed that because the case had been running for a whole year it should be thrown out by the sheriff as the Crown were unable to start the trial in July.

At that stage, Mr Holmes said: "Her family have been concerned about her health over the last few months. There has been an obvious impact on the accused."

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