Pot-Loving Harry Potter Actor Gets Off Easy!

Filed under: Drugs > Legal Matters > Harry Potter

More celebrity justice for ya!!!

Jamie Waylett, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films, was sentenced to 120 hours of community service after pleading guilty to growing marijuana.

Ten marijuana plants were found in the actor's bedroom of his mother's house in London!!!

Classy!

The maximum for this crime is 14 years behind bars, so he should thank his lucky wizard stars that he's an actor!

Posted: Jul 21, 2009 at 2:30 pm / Email this »

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41 comments to “Pot-Loving Harry Potter Actor Gets Off Easy!”

karencarpenter says – reply to this

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…'big' deal. Smoke it my man. just lay off the chips and salsa.
Zippedychick says – reply to this

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ridiculous.
greatgatsby says – reply to this

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umm hardly an "actor"
JigSaw says – reply to this

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Re: karencarpenter – i always wanted to get high with a legend… how would you feel about rolling one with a short guy on a tricycle?
LizardKinG says – reply to this

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Re: greatgatsby – Right
tom951 says – reply to this

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Why is that getting off easy! It is something that should be legal in the first place and he should not get in trouble for at all.
SarahFair says – reply to this

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Dang that sucks.
Kate Rinka says – reply to this

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lol….we all smoke i m sure hahahaha
but growing…..i donno…120 hs sounds fair )
karencarpenter says – reply to this

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…sounds great to me! I'll bring the Doritos.
karencarpenter says – reply to this

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Re: JigSaw – sounds great to me. I'll bring the Doritos.
twinkicoo says – reply to this

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Getting off easy? Nobody serves 14 years behind bars for growing weed, actor or not. What a waste of govt money, imprisoning people for growing a plant???
Have you ever even smoked a joint Perez? It might make you a lil less obnoxious.
LEGALIZE!
baysidebird88 says – reply to this

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of course he does, what famous person doesn't get off easy? my brother got 6 months in jail, and like 300 hours community service for the same thing
derek78 says – reply to this

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you should have included "Judge Timothy Workman said Tuesday that he accepted the cultivation was on a small scale and for Waylett's own use"…has nothing to do with being an actor, more with a very progressively forward thinking country!
sonick808 says – reply to this

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meanwhile, everyone is getting tanked and driving and running into shit, hurting and killing people in alcohol fueled DUI's and domestic violence. Pointing the finger and latent stoners. Give me a break. A more appropriate punishment would have been charging the government for lost crops and time and resources. 10 plants is nothing for someone testing strains for efficacy for N malady.

Marijuana will end up being the cure for this Global Recession, CANCER
sonick808 says – reply to this

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Re: derek78 –

unforunately, UK is going backwards in terms of marijuana. They've recently rescheduled it from a 'c' class to a 'b' class crime, which is a VERY stark difference in sentencing. Essentially making all possession over there a felony. They are wrapped up in the hysteria of the "skunk weed" propaganda which is the buzz word for any potent marijuana with a high cannabinoid content.

It used to be true that the UK was more forward thinking on this topic, until the UNITED STATES DEA bullied them into thinking otherwise, much like Canada who was on the brink of legalisation just a year+ ago. Now in the same boat. Thank the US and the DEA for exporting their prohibitionist policies and their gung ho adrenaline junkie desire to kick down your fuckin door.
caffeinated_princess says – reply to this

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Re: JigSaw – i'll trade ya a smoke out for your tricycle!
jaricho says – reply to this

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not exactly legal, but is most of the stuff you do/say 'classy' perez? yeaaaaaa…
Bea Sue says – reply to this

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I have been waiting for you to post this all day! another example of celebrity justice. Rules/laws don't apply here! puff puff pass.
Serena, You Twats says – reply to this

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It's only some pot. No one in the UK cares about cannabis, there are bigger drug problems to be concerned with. You walk down busy streets and frequently smell people smoking. It's not a big deal.
I'd rather my tax money go towards locking up real criminals, not some kid growing some pot. Make him give back to the community by picking up garbage or something, and let our money go towards locking up paedophiles, murderers, and rapists!!!
JigSaw says – reply to this

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Re: caffeinated_princess – NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO anything but the red bike… i got some games we could play…
kissmyassobama says – reply to this

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ew he just LOOKS like a future inmate.
etownpunk says – reply to this

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What's your problem with pot, perez? First off, marijuana is not a "drug". Its a plant, its not man made or manufactured in any way, its grown. And so what if he was growing it, maybe he just didn't want to have to keep payin the dope man. More people should get off this easily though. Meth, crack, heroin, ecstacy, etc, should carry stiffer penalties while marijuana prohibition should be ended. Smoke a joint sometime and you'll probably quit bashing pot. That's what I did.
helloRJ says – reply to this

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please it's just some pot.
intheskywivdiamonds says – reply to this

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he didnt get off easy because he's an ”actor”! he got of easy because he lives in england, a country which sentences people who drive drunk and kill someone in the process to 6 yrs and let them out after 3 for good behaviour!
perezly says – reply to this

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Good for him next time keep the total plants under 5 lol
ohmisskayla! says – reply to this

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puff harder young wizard!!!!!!!!!!!!
Serena, You Twats says – reply to this

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Re: intheskywivdiamonds – Drunk driving laws in the UK are far stricter than the US.
The Mancunian Candidate says – reply to this

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so does everyone that gets charged with this stuff, no one ever gets slapped with the full works
redkubikrazy says – reply to this

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they hardly EVER give the full sentence for anyone perez…you're an idiot.
The Mancunian Candidate says – reply to this

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Re: Serena!!!COLON!!! You Twats – which is why its the american celebrities which are constantly getting done for it…
to be honest they have biger fish to fry than a pit of weed, like proper drugs and the 11 years old getting paralytically drunk in the streets
hunto says – reply to this

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Perez - i think the more worrying thing here, and something that needs highlighting, is the fact that this was only picked up on because Waylett was stopped under the Terrorism Act after taking a photo of a cop car.

Terrorism paranoia has been taken to a new level this year, and no-one seems to be noticing.

In other news, JK Rowling might be a paedophile so she will have to go through checks before coming into contact with any more British children.
Cattac says – reply to this

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Weed will be legal within 20 years.
m.j says – reply to this

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Its JUST marijunana! I swear out of 10 people at least 4 have done it..
Low says – reply to this

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No big deal. Glad he got off.

It's only ten plants. And it's only Pot.

Chill Perez…

you need a toke or two!
MP says – reply to this

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That's not celebrity justice, that's anything goes European justice.
insertsobriquet says – reply to this

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Thank Goodness…he better learn from this! I mean it makes sense for him not to be sentenced to 14 years in prison. He's YOUNG and up to that point he hasn't been in any trouble and he's actually been doing something good with his life. I don't know why he all of a sudden decided to grow pot, but I really hope he learns from this mistake.
djpurity says – reply to this

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Are you effin with me Perez? You live in freaking CALIPORNIA. WE LOVE OUR GANJ, and it's practically legal with prop 215. Prison sentencing for anyone for that plant is like the most retarded fart bubble to come out of your fingertips ever. Actor my ass. In my county I'm allowed 12 plants! Legally! So puff puff pass bro!
BigJohnson says – reply to this

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Perez, west Hollywood is full of cannabis clubs. have you seen them dear? this is so 90's. Move along… nothing to see here.
@v@ says – reply to this

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It had nothing to do with his higher profile. As it was only ten plants his penalty was lighter as they stated they believed it was only for his personal use rather than for trafficking. Glad they showed some sense and mercy here.
TheRussianOne says – reply to this

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FUCK YOU PEREZ! if people weren't stoned, NO ONE would read your website. STOP supporting criminalizing pot smokers. NORML.com
titismack says – reply to this

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Yeah because playing "fat bloke" in a movie is acting, he should go at it with Amy Winehouse