Harry Potter Star Could Face 14 Years For Growing Weed

By: Miranda Neubauer
Topics: Daily Blotter

(Jane Mingay/PA Wire)

London (CBS) - London police have charged 19-year-old Jamie Waylett, an actor in the Harry Potter films, with growing ten plants of cannabis, according to the Daily Telegraph.

In the Potter films, Waylett plays Vincent Crabbe, one of the cronies of Harry Potter's archenemy at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He also stars in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film that is being released later this week.

According to the paper, officials first arrested Waylett in April, when they stopped his car in London and found eight bags of the marijuana. Officers allegedly found further drugs in his home.

He was out on bail by police until Tuesday, when he found out he would be charged, the article said.

A Metropolitan police spokeswoman stated that Waylett would appear at City of Westminster magistrates court later this month. Altogether the ten mature plants of Cannabis were worth about ?2,000 (over $3,000 US) according to the article.

If found guilty, Waylett could serve up to 14 years in jail for cannabis production and up to 5 years for the drug's posession.

More at the Daily Telegraph

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by dnatech August 14, 2009 3:49 AM EDT: It is sheer madness...just looney bucks to truck for people who are worthless in their endeavors on this planet...talking about the DEA cartel of course. Can't do anything meaningful or creative in their life. Just think, you got the politicos that grab drugs, money, and call girls all the time and they prop up these worthless scum. It is an Un-American cartel.; Reply to this comment


by dead-by-dawn July 17, 2009 4:20 AM EDT: Yup, that sure sounds like justice, kid grows some plants that make your head go a little fuzzy and he faces twenty years in jail, the truth is he'll barely do any time because handing down a heavier sentence will re-ignite the cannabis debate and the last thing our government wants is public scrutiny of its nonensical drug laws...; Reply to this comment


by matt_the_ninja July 16, 2009 2:16 PM EDT: All I can do is laugh my balls off.; Reply to this comment


by cheekygal-2009 July 13, 2009 11:57 AM EDT: Make pot legal! This is far from being a crime! Many politicians also smoke weed but just haven't been caught. If made legal and taxed many government budgets would not be in dire straits! Why is it people keep electing hypocrites to represent them in positions of power?; Reply to this comment