Thursday, 12 April 2007

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Snoop Dogg is spared prison

Rapper admitted carrying a gun

Rapper Snoop Dogg has been spared a jail term after admitting being in possession of drugs and a gun.

The 35-year-old – real name Cordozar Calvin Broadus Junior – was given a three year suspended sentence, five years' probation and 800 hours community service by a Los Angeles court.

The star was arrested at an LA airport last October on suspicion of carrying marijuana. Police later found a gun at his home.

But due to his guilty plea, Snoop escaped a possible four-year prison sentence.

His defence lawyer Donald Etra explained that the musician smokes marijuana because he has migraines and has a medical permit under state law.

This isn't the rapper's first appearance in court. In 1996 he was cleared of murder after a man was shot dead from a car he was riding in.