A gardener who walked off the street into a police station to confess he was involved in growing cannabis and drug dealing has been given a 12-month suspended jail term
A gardener who walked off the street into a police station to confess he was involved in growing cannabis and drug dealing has been given a 12-month suspended jail term.
Antrim Crown Court Judge Desmond Marrinan told 28-year-old Christopher Warnock, of Moneybrannon Road, Aghadowey, that if ever there was a case to temper justice with mercy, his was such a case.
He added he had “no hestitation” in suspending his sentence for three years.
However, Judge Marrinan jailed 46-year-old Robert James McNeill, whose rented home in Mill Lane in the Co Derry village was used to grow what he termed “God’s plant”.
McNeill, who spent six months in custody awaiting trial, was given an additional four months, plus a further 14 months on supervised licensed parole.
The judge said whatever McNeill’s unconventional past views, “he has turned the corner in his life and is not a high risk of reoffending”.
Aghadowey gardener confessed to growing cannabis
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