No charges laid over marijuana-laced brownie incident

West Australia Police have not laid any charges against a Perth café that allegedly sold a brownie laced with marijuana to a mother and her two children.

Perth parents Michael and Sharon claimed their three children were adversely affected after consuming the cookies bought from the Bada Bing Café, and after being tested at hospital were found to have traces of marijuana in their system.

The father went back to café to purchase another cookie which he gave to police a week later, which was also found to have traces of marijuana.

However, WA Police have issued a statement saying that no charges will be laid.

Bada Bing Café owner Nathan Sharp, who runs the café with his wife Simona, was charged by the council under the Food Act 2008 with two counts of selling food that was unsuitable.

Simona Sharpe said the allegation came as a “total shock”.

"We have cooperated with WA Police who have confirmed that their investigation has been completed and no charges will be laid,” she said.

"We have cooperated with the City of Stirling in their investigation.

"We are most disappointed that we only came to know of the two charges being laid by the local council under the provisions of the food act on ABC Radio this morning.

"Neither our lawyer nor we have been served with any papers to date.

"There will now be a court process, which has to take its course. We want to respect this process by not commenting any further at this time."

Sheridan Randall, 4^th July 2019