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UK: East Hull man failed to water cannabis plants in 'unsophisticated' factory
Hull Daily Mail Wednesday 22 Aug 2012 Mark Anthony Weekes, 36, had been running a cannabis operation in his attic. Detectives raided his home and discovered 22 plants in his loft but they had no light, water and were being grown in the wrong soil. Weekes, of Limerick Close, east Hull, had tried to line his loft with bin liners to provide extra heat for them to make them grow. Hull Crown Court heard police officers searched his home in April after receiving a tip-off about his operation. Prosecutor Phillip Evans said Weekes invited officers into his home, confessing he was growing cannabis in his loft. Mr Evans said: "He said there were some big ones and some cuts. It led to a consensual search taking place. "Detectives found 22 green-leafed plants growing in plastic pots filled with soil. "He initially told the police the plants did not belong to him and he was allowing a friend to grow them from his address. "The plants were suffering from lack of water and from being grown in ordinary soil. It is certainly a possibility there may have been no yield at all." The forensic scientists were unable to put a value in the plants due to their poor condition. His barrister Claire Holmes said: "There were only four plants of any substantial size." Weekes pleaded guilty at Hull Magistrates' Court to producing cannabis and was sent to Hull Crown Court to be sentenced. He has been given a 12-month community order and been told to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work in the community. Judge Mark Bury told him: "I accept these plants would have been for your own use had there been any cannabis from them, which or may not have been the case. "It may have been that, in due course, there would have been no yield, given the condition of the plants. "This was not a particularly sophisticated operation. They were growing in the wrong soil, there was no hydroponics system and they were in the attic and not particularly well lit. It was not well set out for growing cannabis. " He said Weekes had no previous convictions in relation to cannabis and gave him credit for admitting his guilt. "As you were growing these for your own use, you therefore fall into the category of playing a lesser role and I'm prepared to make you the subject of a community order," he said. The judge ordered the destruction of the plants and all drugs paraphernalia. Weekes was ordered to attend appointments with the probation service and was warned breaching the order could mean a jail sentence. Last week Dean Marshall, who once played in tribute band Faith No More-ish, was caught growing 26 cannabis plants in his shed at his home in Preston. Police raided his home in Oak Tree Estate on June 28 last year and discovered the plants had a potential yield of £8,220 and were capable of making 274 street deals. Marshall tried to call the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron as witnesses, claiming the law did not apply to him. However, his defence was thrown out and he was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work. http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/East-Hull-man-failed-water-cannabis-plants/story-16745232-detail/story.html
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