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| A Harry Potter actor has been told to carry out community service after he admitted growing cannabis plants in his mother's north-west London home. | A Harry Potter actor has been told to carry out community service after he admitted growing cannabis plants in his mother's north-west London home. |
| Jamie Waylett, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe in the film series, pleaded guilty to growing 10 cannabis plants in tents at the Kilburn house. | Jamie Waylett, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe in the film series, pleaded guilty to growing 10 cannabis plants in tents at the Kilburn house. |
| Waylett, 20, was ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work by Westminster Magistrates' Court. | Waylett, 20, was ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work by Westminster Magistrates' Court. |
| He was arrested after police found pictures of the plants on his camera. | He was arrested after police found pictures of the plants on his camera. |
| Police seized the camera after he was arrested for taking a picture of officers as he and his friend John Innis, 20, drove past, the court was told. | |
| When police searched Mr Waylett's mother's home they found the 10 cannabis plants. | When police searched Mr Waylett's mother's home they found the 10 cannabis plants. |
| Waylett, from Kilburn, played a sidekick of villain Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. | |
| Sophisticated system | |
| Sentencing him, District Judge Timothy Workman said: "Mr Waylett I accept that the cultivation of this cannabis was on a small scale, and this was not in any way a commercial venture on your part. | Sentencing him, District Judge Timothy Workman said: "Mr Waylett I accept that the cultivation of this cannabis was on a small scale, and this was not in any way a commercial venture on your part. |
| "Nevertheless you used a sophisticated growing system to do so. | "Nevertheless you used a sophisticated growing system to do so. |
| "I give you credit for pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity, your co-operation with police and the fact that you are, until now, a man of good character." | "I give you credit for pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity, your co-operation with police and the fact that you are, until now, a man of good character." |
| Leaving the court, Waylett said: "I extend my sincere apologies to the producers, cast and crew and all at Warners and most especially to all Harry Potter fans." | |
| 'Sorry and remorseful' | |
| Waylett and Innis were stopped under the Terrorism Act in Lodge Road, St John's Wood, west London, after the actor took a photograph of a police patrol. | |
| Police found a lock-knife and eight small bags of herbal cannabis in Innis' car. Three further bags of cannabis were found at his home in Mays Lane, Barnet. | |
| Innis, who admitted possessing a knife and 11 bags of cannabis, was sentenced to six weeks' custody in a young offenders' institution and fined £500. | |
| Speaking for Innis and Waylett, solicitor Cheryl Rudden said: "If I may emphasise that they are both extremely sorry and remorseful for what they have done and certainly would seek to be setting an example." | |
| Waylett had received a police reprimand and two warnings between 2001 and 2005 while Innis received a police reprimand in 2003. No details of the incidents were given in court. |