November 22, 2023 12.48 pm This story is over 10 months old

Man avoids jail for growing and dealing cannabis in Lincolnshire

Judge suspends sentence due to David Batty’s medical history and guilty pleas

A man who was caught driving bagged up cannabis, which he had grown himself, to users in Lincolnshire was given a suspended jail sentence.

David Batty, 51, was found with six bags of the Class B drug after police stopped his car on Alfred Street in Gainsborough on 20 February last year.

Read the full court report on MyLocal Lincolnshire, the new home of The Lincolnite