A 45-year-old Barton man caught growing cannabis has been spared jail.

Stephen Cooney, of Henry Taunt Close, admitted producing the controlled Class B drug in Oxford in July.

He was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday and handed a 10-month prison sentence which was suspended for two years.

He was also given a 12-month superivsion order and a five-day activity requirement.

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