A mum said she helped her son grow cannabis in their back garden because he was in “trouble” with drug dealers.
Police searched Elaine Torres’ home because of the strong smell of cannabis coming from the address in Kirkby.
Officers found an outdoor growing tent and a brick shed containing 35 cannabis plants and cuttings hanging up to dry.
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They arrested Torres, 56, and her 19-year-old son Lee Woods at the home where her young daughter also lives.
The mum-of-three, who admitted cannabis production, said she did it because Woods was threatened over a debt.
But she was spared jail after a judge said her son was very lucky not to have been prosecuted for the offence and reminded Torres of “her job as his mother”.
Liverpool Crown Court heard police searched the family’s home in Sidney Powell Avenue, Westvale, at around 3pm, on July 28 last year.
Jo Maxwell, prosecuting, said Torres was arrested in the house along with Woods and a man called Carl Opray.
Judge Gary Woodhall confirmed her youngest son Woods was sitting at the back of court and said: “He’s the one who it is said got his mum in this mess.”
Ms Maxwell said Woods accepted a bag of cannabis found was his, and because he had no previous convictions, he received a caution.
She said Opray also accepted responsibility for a bag of cannabis in the kitchen and was fined after admitting its possession.
Ms Maxwell said police found an “outdoor growing tent” in…
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A mum said she helped her son grow cannabis in their back garden because he was in “trouble” with drug dealers.
Police searched Elaine Torres’ home because of the strong smell of cannabis coming from the address in Kirkby.
Officers found an outdoor growing tent and a brick shed containing 35 cannabis plants and cuttings hanging up to dry.
READ MORE: Mum knifed man in the back in street fight
They arrested Torres, 56, and her 19-year-old son Lee Woods at the home where her young daughter also lives.
The mum-of-three, who admitted cannabis production, said she did it because Woods was threatened over a debt.
But she was spared jail after a judge said her son was very lucky not to have been prosecuted for the offence and reminded Torres of “her job as his mother”.
Liverpool Crown Court heard police searched the family’s home in Sidney Powell Avenue, Westvale, at around 3pm, on July 28 last year.
Jo Maxwell, prosecuting, said Torres was arrested in the house along with Woods and a man called Carl Opray.
Judge Gary Woodhall confirmed her youngest son Woods was sitting at the back of court and said: “He’s the one who it is said got his mum in this mess.”
Ms Maxwell said Woods accepted a bag of cannabis found was his, and because he had no previous convictions, he received a caution.
She said Opray also accepted responsibility for a bag of cannabis in the kitchen and was fined after admitting its possession.
Ms Maxwell said police found an “outdoor growing tent” in…
