November 22, 2023 12.48 pm This story is over 7 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