Nottingham Post published Cannabis farmer claims plants were for 'aching joints'

A cannabis farmer grew 16 plants in a spare bedroom because the drug eased his aching joints, a court heard. Father-of-two Rafal Orzel claimed that he had tried painkillers in his Polish homeland - but had become addicted to them. "He said he smoked cannabis several times a day, every day," said Chloe Griggs, prosecuting at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. After officers spotted the plants in a tent, they found compost, fluorescent lights and watering cans in the home on St Bartholomew's...