Cannabis grower did it "all for mates"
By Frank Wilkie
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A 66-YEAR-OLD grandfather caught with 25 cannabis plants and almost half a kilo of marijuana escaped serious sentancing in Noosa Magistrates court yesterday.
Pomona pensioner Douglas Lionel Malcom pleaded guilty to possessing, producing and possessing items used for cannabis production after police visited his residence on febuary 21.
Defence lawyer David Nagel said 24 of the plants were growing wild on his clients property and that Mr Malcom was keeping the one police found under artifical lights as an experiment.
Mr Nagel said the
400 grams of marijuana found in Mr Malcom's home was not for his client's use and was to be supplied free to a circle of elderley cannabis-smoking friends.
Mr Nagel asked to court to consider Mr Malcom's poor heart condition, age, lack of prior convictions and his efforts in repairing clothes for underpriviliged New Guineans.
Magistrate Tom Killeen convited Mr Malcom on all three charges and fined him $900.
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