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Scots foster mum who cared for 400 kids avoids jail over £6k cannabis farm bust

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A Scots foster mum who has cared for more than 400 children avoided jail after being caught with a £6000 cannabis farm in her garage.

Elizabeth Marshall began growing ten drug plants for her personal use in what her lawyer described as “lockdown madness”. The 62-year-old appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday for sentencing after the case was deferred for reports.

Sheriff Adrian Fraser told Marshall: “This offence would normally attract a sentence of imprisonment.”But the sheriff said he was taking into account her status as a first offender and her previous “good character”.Marshall was ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work.

She had previously pled guilty to a charge of producing cannabis. The court heard last month how Marshall set up a hydroponic system to grow the Class B drug next to her home in Penicuik, Midlothian.

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