Harry Potter actor sentenced to community service

Jul 21st, 2009 - Reuters

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LONDON (Reuters) - A judge Tuesday ordered actor Jamie Waylett, who plays school bully Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter movies, to serve 120 hours of community service after he admitted growing cannabis at his mother's home.

District judge Timothy Workman told Waylett, who turned 20 Tuesday, that the cannabis cultivation was on a small, but sophisticated scale. "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," Workman told the City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

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