Goodmayes man ‘grew cannabis to help ease pain’
A single father caught growing cannabis said the drugs were to help alleviate chronic pain in his body.
Police executed a search warrant on Peter White’s home, in Eastwood Road, Goodmayes, on November 9 and found four bags of cannabis and 10 stems and buds of the plant that had been harvested and hung out to dry.
The 47-year-old was arrested, charged with production of a class B drug and pleaded guilty at Redbridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
The court heard White’s cannabis farm was “not sophisticated” but the number of plants was higher than what is classed as growing for “own use”.
In mitigation his defence solicitor, Baskaran Manikam, said White grew the cannabis so he could use it to help alleviate pain around his body, which he had been experiencing for more than 15 years.
White had not sold or given away the drugs or had any intention of doing so, Mr Manikam added.
The court heard White is on incapacity benefits and cares for his 15-year-old son alone.
Most Read
- 1 Men jailed for using explosives in string of ATM thefts
- 2 Driver charged in connection with fatal collision on M11 due in court
- 3 Ex football boss sets up fans club to increase diversity at England games
- 4 South Woodford care home loses Good CQC rating
- 5 Aldi chocolate and yoghurts containing metal among recent recalled products
- 6 Senior councillor: Boost high streets by scrapping business rates
- 7 Bus timetable change to 'better align' with hospital shifts
- 8 ‘It is not tolerated’: CCTV images released after West Ham game disorder
- 9 Rat-running lorry drivers in Redbridge face fines of up to £130
- 10 Travel Bulletin: Havering, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham
Magistrates ordered he be electronically tagged for three-months, with a 7pm-7am curfew, and that he pay �85 court costs. The drugs will be destroyed.
