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A 68-year-old grandmother has been convicted of possessing and growing cannabis at her Northumberland home. | |
Patricia Tabram, from Humshaugh, near Hexham, had denied the charges at Carlisle Crown Court. | |
She was arrested after police seized four plants and growing equipment from her bungalow in September 2005. | |
Earlier that year Ms Tabram had been spared jail after admitting possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Sentencing was delayed for reports. | |
I am old and I am tired and I am disappointed Patricia Tabram | |
The pensioner, who defended herself during the trial, is a vocal campaigner for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. | The pensioner, who defended herself during the trial, is a vocal campaigner for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. |
She was in breach of a six-month suspended jail sentence when police, acting on a tip-off, found the plants in a walk-in wardrobe at her home. | |
Ms Tabram also told them there was powder stored in jars in her kitchen to be used in cooking, the court heard. | |
Speaking after her conviction, she said: "I am old and I am tired and I am disappointed, not in the result by the jury. I am disappointed in the attitude of the court regarding someone my age with my health problems and the way I deal with it. | |
"I just want to go home and get some rest." |