Unpaid work for man who set up cannabis factory in Leamington suburb

A man who set up a cannabis factory in a Leamington suburb has been given 100 hours of unpaid work among several other punishments after a crown court hearing.

In February, Officers from Leamington North Safter Neighbourhood Team executed a warrant at an address in Lillington, which was a cannabis factory, resulting in a man being arrested.

Yesterday (June 16), Gerrard Byrne, 55 of no fixed abode, was sentenced in Coventry Crown Court for two offences – concerned in production of a controlled drug of Class B - cannabis as well as possessing an offensive weapon in private place.

As a result Byrne was given a community order with 100 hours’ unpaid work.