A man has admitted to growing cannabis in his house in Writtle.
Brian Neal, 31, received four months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and a supervision order after police discovered 30 cannabis plants being cultivated in his loft on September 3
Equipment for hydroponic cultivation, a method of growing plants, was also discovered.
He pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Thursday, September 18 to the production of class B drugs , and was sentenced at the same hearing.
He was also ordered to destroy all associated equipment, pay £85 costs, and an £80 victim surcharge.
