Woman, 68, guilty of growing cannabis

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Woman, 68, guilty of growing cannabis

Press Association : Wednesday March 7, 2007

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A grandmother who advocates cooking with cannabis was found guilty of growing and possessing the drug.Patricia Tabram, 68, was in breach of a six-month suspended jail sentence when police, acting on a tip-off, found four plants growing in a wardrobe at her bungalow in Humshaugh, Northumberland, in September 2005.

They also found powdered cannabis in a jar next to her cooker. The jury heard Tabram's claims that she used cannabis to ease her depression, as well as aches and pains she still suffers from two car crashes. The jury of six men and six women came back after 15 minutes of deliberations with unanimous guilty verdicts for the two counts, one of possessing the drug and one of cultivating it. Judge Barbara Forrester postponed sentencing to a later date so reports can be prepared.Tabram, who is defending herself, told the court: "I am old and I am tired, and I am disappointed, not in the result by the jury.

"I am disappointed in the attitude of the court regarding someone my age with my health problems and the way I deal with it. I just want to go home and get some rest."

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Photo:Patricia Tabram, a 68-year-old who advocates cooking with cannabis.