Corkman living alone decided to grow his own cannabis during Covid lockdown

Gardaí caught accused long before the plants reached maturity and prosecuted him for cultivation of the illegal drug, court heard

Seven cannabis plants were found when gardaí with a warrant went to search the home of Damian Wallace at Nutley Road in Mahon. Picture: Getty

A Corkman living alone decided to grow his own cannabis during the Covid lockdown but gardaí caught him long before the plants reached maturity and prosecuted him for cultivation of the illegal drug.

Damian Walsh, 30, of Nutley Road, Mahon, Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of cultivating cannabis.