Cork horticulturalist used his skills to grow cannabis at his home

Judge said accused's training 'was put to illicit use'

Court heard accused had a previous conviction from 2016 of having cannabis for sale or supply for which he got a one-year suspended sentence.

A horticulturalist used his skills illicitly to grow cannabis at his home in Rathcormac and now he has been given a four-year suspended jail term.

Conor Jones, 35, was sentenced by Judge Dara Hayes at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and cocaine for his own use, and most seriously, of cultivating cannabis at his home at Old National School, Kildinan, Rathcormac, Co Cork, on November 7, 2020.