14 DAY TRIAL // Back in April, Jamie Waylett, who starred in all six “Harry Potter” movies as Vincent Crabbe, was arrested on charges of possessing and producing a class B drug. The actor pled guilty last week and, just a few hours ago, got really lucky in court, as a judge ruled that the cannabis he was planting was for his own use, sentencing him to just 120 hours of community service, TMZ reports.
The days news broke in the media of both the kind of charges brought against him and the nature of the operation he was running, estimates had it that Waylett stood to spend the next 14 years of his life behind bars. With all that, the judge presiding the case ruled that the cannabis farm found at Waylett’s home (his mother’s, actually) was small-scale and solely for his own purpose, so he sentenced him to community work instead of jail time.
“Jamie Waylett – who appears in all six ‘Potter’ flicks – was busted back in April when cops found eight bags of weed in the car in which he was riding. Cops searched his mom’s place after and found 10 marijuana plants. Waylett pleaded guilty last week. The judge yesterday said he accepted that the cultivation was on a small scale and for the actor’s own use.” TMZ writes of the sentencing.
With all that, people are not to think that Waylett got off easy because he was a celebrity. According to a statement issued by the judge to TMZ, he’s in for a hard time with the community work, since he’ll have to do real work, and not just light activities. “We’re told by the Ministry of Justice in London, his community service could include clearing graveyards, cleaning graffiti, picking up trash, chopping down overgrown trees clearing, leaves and clearing ditches.” TMZ further says.
As we also reported at the time, police officers were shocked to find ten cannabis plants in the actor’s bedroom, right next to his bed. The value of the drugs found both in his room and in the trunk of his car was then estimated at well over £2,000.