This is what his cell looked like:

FTFA: Eventually he was grassed up by a jealous inmate

lol.

You should really be able to earn a Get Out of Jail Free card for situations like this. It couldn't damage most countries' criminal justice systems any more than they already are.

well thank goodness they had him locked up where he couldn't get to any drugs...

sounds like it was getting close to harvest too...

You ever smoke some tomato? shiat will get you messed up.

Prisoners are allowed to grow plants in Britain?

SeamusFerrell: Prisoners are allowed to grow plants in Britain?

My question would have been "Prisoners are kept in cells in Britain?" I thought they were all free-range.

ModernLuddite: You ever smoke some tomato? shiat will get you messed up.


What ModernLuddite may look like.

Damn. Those little round red things we ate off the plants sure were tastey. Now it makes me wonder what we were eating.

Officer Jones

My grandmother used to water my pot plant god live her. No idea what it was!

rabidferret: SeamusFerrell: Prisoners are allowed to grow plants in Britain?

My question would have been "Prisoners are kept in cells in Britain?" I thought they were all free-range.

I think they named it Australia

Ok well I dunno. Im just going to assume that all the characters of this story are actually just rocks or something.

I love how the article makes the assumption that the guards had no idea what he was growing. Doesn't it seem more likely that they knew but turned a blind eye to it because they were taking a cut of the proceeds? When the fellow inmate "turned him in", they could no longer pretend they didn't know.

Scutter: I love how the article makes the assumption that the guards had no idea what he was growing. Doesn't it seem more likely that they knew but turned a blind eye to it because they were taking a cut of the proceeds? When the fellow inmate "turned him in", they could no longer pretend they didn't know.

A cut? Why take a slice when you can have the whole tin of brownies?
Part of me wants to believe the screws genuinely thought it was a tomato plant.

TheHellYouSay: A cut? Why take a slice when you can have the whole tin of brownies?


Which sort of sounds like, "Why wait for the goose to lay the golden eggs when you can kill it and take them all out at once?"

"...guards then identified the plants using Google snaps."

Am I just outside the loop on this? WTF is google snaps?? Is that Limey for GIS?

/mmmmm... google snaps

I've actually heard of people trimming a cannabis plant down so it can be made to look like a common houseplant, so I can believe that officers might not recognize it without looking much closer. But what about the smell? And, assuming he got away with it, how was the inmate eventually planning to explain the conspicuous absence of any tomatoes?

I'm with the previous poster who said the cops knew all along and were just waiting until harvest time to bust the guy.

You think Brits are oblivious? The accompanying picture shows where our president really came from.

SeamusFerrell: Prisoners are allowed to grow plants in Britain?

Yes, but normally you aren't allowed the high-intensity lights for a proper grow op.

Poppa Boner: BTW GISing "JAIL FAIL" with safe search off produces some intriguing results.

So it does...

ho ho ho

This dope i grew in jail is friggin great Julian.

all i can say is friggin awesome.The guy had at least a 4 foot plant in there!! LMFAO!!

Just AWESOME!!