A father has been spared prison after it was revealed that he planned to sell an illegal erectile dysfunction treatment to friends from his local gym. Andrew Gittins saw the medication online and came up with the idea of selling it for five times what he paid for it.
During the trial the court heard how police discovered the 4,600 Kamagra tablets in his Peterborough house when they raided it as part of a separate investigation. Kamagra is not licensed for sale in the UK as it contains sildenafil, the active ingredient found in Viagra. Viagra is only available with a doctor’s prescription.
The prosecutor in the case, Andrew Scott, said that Kamagra was dangerous as it has not been subjected to the vigorous process of inspection and monitoring that medications must go through in the UK. He called Gittin’s attempts to sell it on “reckless” and “potentially dangerous.”
The father of eight admitted to possessing an authorised medicinal product with the intention of selling it on and was also charged with possessing cannabis and cocaine. He was given a 9-month jail term, which was suspended for two years, and ordered by the court to pay costs of £192.