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An actor who appears in the Harry Potter films today admitted growing cannabis.
Jamie Waylett, 19, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe, pleaded guilty to growing 10 plants in tents at his mother’s home.
The teenager and his friend, John Innis, 20, were arrested when Waylett took a photograph of police as the pair drove past officers.
Innis’s black Audi was then searched and police discovered a knife and eight bags of cannabis. They also discovered pictures of the cannabis plants on the digital camera that led them to Waylett’s mother’s house in Kilburn, northwest London.
After searching the premises they found 10 cannabis plants.
They also found another three bags of cannabis in Innis’s possession.
Appearing at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Waylett, of Kilburn, North London, admitted production of cannabis during his first court appearance.
Innis, from Barnet, North London, admitted possession of a knife and having 11 bags of cannabis. The pair are due to be sentenced next week.
Victoria Oja, for the prosecution, said: “He admitted purchasing seeds and growing them into plants. He confirmed it was for personal use at the time.”
Dressed in a black suit and sky-blue shirt, he sat with his head bowed in the dock after admitting the offence. His lawyer pleaded with the judge not to send him to jail for the sake of his career.
Adjourning the hearing, the chief magistrate, Timothy Workman, said: “Clearly the possession of cannabis is a serious matter and indeed the possession of knives is serious as well.
“At the moment I’m not giving you any promises as to how the court will deal with this case.”
Cheryl Rudden, for the defence, told the court: “He has co-operated fully. He is a young man in the public eye and he has of course done something which is far from approved of in society.
“What I would not want you to do is make an example of him in that way. The effect on him is such that there are possible issues as to his future within his field.”
She said that he had been videoing the road side for a music compilation when he caught the attention of officers.
Waylett played a sidekick of the villain Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.
The latest instalment in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, went on general release yesterday.
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