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UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis
    #10918371 - 08/23/09 07:52 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Wendy Barlow

Lancashire Telegraph


Saturday 22 Aug 2009


A father-to-be found growing cannabis whilst subject to a suspended jail term has kept his freedom.

Burnley Crown Court heard how Jan Ashworth-Howarth, 22, was producing the drugs for his own use because of weight worries and because a conflict in medication he was taking meant he couldn't sleep.

The defendant had earlier been given a 34 week jail term, suspended for two years, after admitting assault causing actual bodily harm and was in breach of it.

Ashworth-Howarth, of Warwick Close, Church, admitted producing cannabis . He was given an eight week jail term , suspended for 18 months, with 100 hours unpaid work.

Judge Norman Wright told him the suspended term had been given for a completely different sort of offence and it would not be appropriate to activate it.

Sarah Statham, prosecuting, said on June 8, police went to the defendant's home and found a makeshift wooden shelter with six mature cannabis plants in a bedroom A fan and halogen lamp were being used . The defendant was arrested and interviewed and admitted full responsibility. He had three previous convictions.

Amy Nicholson, defending, said Ashworth-Howarth was keen to go back to work and was doing everything he could to make himself employable.

The cannabis growing was wholly unsophisticated and he was not using a hydroponic system. Miss Nicholson went on :"Custody would have a devastating effect on his life at this stage. If he was sent to custody today he would be leaving his partner pregnant and alone."

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

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Re: UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis [Re: ShroomerRoss]
    #10918518 - 08/23/09 08:53 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Why can't the US be more compassionate like these guys?  What you got a baby mama pregnant? Too bad your going to jail for a plant!

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Re: UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis [Re: SparQz]
    #10918781 - 08/23/09 10:07 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

the cannabis growing was wholly unsophisticated and he was not using a hydroponic system

  That's a relief because we all know a sophisticated system means the marijuana is much more dangerous:rolleyes:

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Re: UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis [Re: pasucks]
    #10919572 - 08/23/09 12:48 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

pasucks said:
the cannabis growing was wholly unsophisticated and he was not using a hydroponic system

  That's a relief because we all know a sophisticated system means the marijuana is much more dangerous:rolleyes:




It's also funny when they describe a  very run-of-the-mill setup as 'an extremely sophisticated operation'. Pfft, that only took us an hour, holmes. You should see what we could do with more money and time!


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Re: UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis [Re: buddhabadger]
    #10919632 - 08/23/09 12:56 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

shit, I wish I was over there, I did almost 3 years for growin weed! and I got lucky, from what my lawyer said! the DA was tryin to give me 5!

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Re: UK: Church man avoids jail after growing cannabis [Re: chraheezie]
    #10919800 - 08/23/09 01:19 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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shit, I wish I was over there, I did almost 3 years for growin weed! and I got lucky, from what my lawyer said! the DA was tryin to give me 5!


u did 3 years inside, fuck thats harsh. how many plants were you growing.

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