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UK: Judge raps drug grower over shed-ban interview
Yorkshire Post Thursday 27 Jun 2013 Simon Redclift posed for pictures in a T-shirt depicting a hazy-eyed cartoon character smoking a giant spliff within hours of leaving court last week. The teetotaler, of Dinas Powys, south Wales, was released on bail on the condition that he did not set foot inside his £800 shed. Judge David Wynn Morgan, sitting at Cardiff Crown Court, warned that he was looking at ordering the shed’s demolition. Redclift, who has convictions for possessing cannabis, stealing cars, wounding and assaulting a police officer, was also facing jail. He had previously admitted charges of producing cannabis and possession of up to £20,000 of the drug with intent to supply. But the judge saw red yesterday when Redclift, 53, was back before him for sentencing after a glowing report from his barrister. Redclift and a friend had voluntarily torn down and burned the offending shed, Hywel Hughes, defending, told the judge. Its destruction had broken Redclift’s link between producing and smoking cannabis which had occupied so much of his life. Judge Morgan said that in that case some might see Redclift’s decision to give the South Wales Echo a pre-sentence interview as “foolhardy.” He said he had decided to ensure that Redclift spent more time with his family by ordering a six-month electronic curfew. He also jailed him for 32 weeks, suspended for two years. see http://www.ccguide.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=19005 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/judge-raps-drug-grower-over-shed-ban-interview-1-5802576
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