Man ‘won’t grow cannabis again’ after week in jail

An Englishman convicted of growing cannabis at his home in West Cork spent a hard week in jail and said he would never grow it again — unless he got a licence to grow hemp from the minister for health.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin remanded Duncan Sloane in custody from last Friday until yesterday “in view of his flagrant attitude to the law”.

Sloane’s application for a licence from the minister for health to grow hemp was one of the documents the accused asked his barrister, Ray Boland, to present to the court in advance of sentencing on Nov 8.