A young Labour politician with ambitions to be a lawyer has admitted supplying cannabis to a member of staff at a pub in Knightsbridge.
Firase Morgan, 24, stood as the official Labour Party candidate for Hyde Park Ward in the City of Westminster council elections two years ago.
He was not elected and currently attends BPP University, where he is studying for an LLB law degree.
Morgan, of Marylebone, is a senior ambassador for charity Just for Kids Law and lobbies businesses to employ people with criminal records.
He pleaded guilty at Hammersmith magistrates’ court to possessing 28 wraps of cannabis, with intent to supply, outside The Gloucester pub in Sloane Street on March 5.
He also admitted supplying cannabis to a female member of the pub’s staff.
Prosecutor Jo Arnold told the court police noticed a woman running down the street. “They observed her, initially suspecting there may have been a theft, and saw her go to a cashpoint and return to the pub.
“Inside she had the till open then left again and got into the passenger seat of a car parked in Harriet Street.
"They saw she had two £20 notes and there was a strong smell of cannabis coming from inside the vehicle. Sitting in the driver’s seat was the defendant and the female left the car with two small white containers.
“The officers searched the car and in the roof lining found 28 similar white containers.”
Officers found the two Morgan had sold when they searched the woman’s room above the pub.
Police also searched Morgan’s bedroom and seized £1,000 in cash, which they suspect is the proceeds of drug dealing. Morgan said it was his student finance and he had no other income.
Morgan complained about having a pre-booked trip to Andorra on the day of his sentencing, but District Judge Mike Snow told him: “If you commit serious crime that’s one of the things you miss out on.”
Morgan will return to court on April 21.
