'Gardener' jailed after Headington cannabis factory discovered (From The Oxford Times)

Forget the custody that costs us money, just chuck him out right now.

Why are we waiting to deport him ? Do it now and save thousands. The Gov wants to reduce the jail poulation, and reduce costs, so here we are, two birds with one stone. Think of the countless others that could also be deported to reduce the prison population and the burden to the tax payer.

The time inside will be spent studying the various ways of staying in the UK when his time is finished, the latest one today was 2 gay blokes from Iraq, and Tuans neighbouring Cambodia who won the right to stay here because they would be discriminated against if they were sent home. Send him home now, or else he will be here forever.

2 years and 3 months to a teenager who was a victim of circumstances smacks of injustice.
As if the ringleaders or other members would actually be manning these premises 24/7. Vulnerable people like this guy are the ones wrongly sentenced, the real criminals get away scott free to move onto their next property to convert in to a drugs factory.
He should never have been put in jail, either deported or freed.

Tom Daily wrote:
2 years and 3 months to a teenager who was a victim of circumstances smacks of injustice.
As if the ringleaders or other members would actually be manning these premises 24/7. Vulnerable people like this guy are the ones wrongly sentenced, the real criminals get away scott free to move onto their next property to convert in to a drugs factory.
He should never have been put in jail, either deported or freed.

Tom, people like you are the reason that Britain is becoming the cesspool of Europe. We have thousands of people living here already without a job or decent housing yet we continue to let in any third world scumbag who has a sob story. These people head straight for the dole office and sign up for every benefit they can and the taxpayers are left to foot the bill. We need to stop immigration NOW for everyone regardless of ethnicity or colour of skin until we have tackled the problem of unemployment and housing. After that we can once again allow immigration for people who will contribute to this country and not suck off the government teet.

I'm with the others, he is in this country illegally and has indulged in breaking the law, whether he's the ring leader or not, what he's done is illegal and he knew it. Deportation rather than serving his sentence here at our expense is the obvious solution.

Cannabis is a safe and agreeable drug, unlike tobacco and alcohol which kill many thousands every year. But of course Daily Mail readers prefer those drugs, so we have to maintain the absurd and wasteful persecution of cannabis growers and users, ignoring the scientific evidence in pursuit of that supreme legal high - complacent hypocrisy.

Tom Daily wrote:
2 years and 3 months to a teenager who was a victim of circumstances smacks of injustice. As if the ringleaders or other members would actually be manning these premises 24/7. Vulnerable people like this guy are the ones wrongly sentenced, the real criminals get away scott free to move onto their next property to convert in to a drugs factory. He should never have been put in jail, either deported or freed.

Tom, he is not a vulnerable little kiddie, but a hardened illegal immegrant of a few countries, who has worked in europe to get the money to come here. Why did he not stay in the other countries that he worked in?, and as for not knowing that he was growing grass, he comes from Vietnam for gods sake, they are experts why do you think he got the job? If he had been caught in either the Czech Republic or France he would have been on his way home that night. But hey we are so rich here and have £millions to throw away, lets just let all the world in to break our laws and take our money.

People like me came to this country after paying a huge visa fee and tight scrutiny of UK Home Office. It is really tough to get the UK visa these days. When ever I read about the illegal immigrant stories, I got irritated about the Home Office/Border Agency.

I always think how come the Home Office who ask lot of documents and questions to give me a visa but let these illegal immigrants in so easily.

It is really, really ridiculous to give custody to some people here just for being gays. Is being gay an qualification to get citizenship/asylum in this country. Then why should lot of people standing in the hot sun for hours to get in to the UK embassies?

This type of bad immigration policy spoil this country. A country should let only the skilled foreigners in; not for working in the newspaper stores.

If this country give supermarket jobs to their own youngsters and teenagers, they wont engage in criminal and other bad activities. The society will also be healthy.

This type of illegal immigrant stories are great insult to both native people who are struggling in this bad economic climate and legal immigrants who came to this country to do a decent job.

Universal Traveler wrote:
People like me came to this country after paying a huge visa fee and tight scrutiny of UK Home Office. It is really tough to get the UK visa these days. When ever I read about the illegal immigrant stories, I got irritated about the Home Office/Border Agency. I always think how come the Home Office who ask lot of documents and questions to give me a visa but let these illegal immigrants in so easily. It is really, really ridiculous to give custody to some people here just for being gays. Is being gay an qualification to get citizenship/asylum in this country. Then why should lot of people standing in the hot sun for hours to get in to the UK embassies? This type of bad immigration policy spoil this country. A country should let only the skilled foreigners in; not for working in the newspaper stores. If this country give supermarket jobs to their own youngsters and teenagers, they wont engage in criminal and other bad activities. The society will also be healthy. This type of illegal immigrant stories are great insult to both native people who are struggling in this bad economic climate and legal immigrants who came to this country to do a decent job.

Hear-hear.

Tom Daily wrote:
2 years and 3 months to a teenager who was a victim of circumstances smacks of injustice. As if the ringleaders or other members would actually be manning these premises 24/7. Vulnerable people like this guy are the ones wrongly sentenced, the real criminals get away scott free to move onto their next property to convert in to a drugs factory. He should never have been put in jail, either deported or freed.

Typical of a bl**dy do-gooder to come in and spout rubbish

dave from witney wrote:

Tom Daily wrote: 2 years and 3 months to a teenager who was a victim of circumstances smacks of injustice. As if the ringleaders or other members would actually be manning these premises 24/7. Vulnerable people like this guy are the ones wrongly sentenced, the real criminals get away scott free to move onto their next property to convert in to a drugs factory. He should never have been put in jail, either deported or freed.

Typical of a bl**dy do-gooder to come in and spout rubbish

If you were an orphan trying to head for a new world to start a new life and ended up under the direct control and mercy of dangerous criminals, who would not flinch to cut of all the digits from your hands and toes, trust me you would do exactly as they say too.
If this was an astute broken in criminal then he would'nt have been stupid enough to hang about in a cannabis factory, sitting around to be collared by the law.
The arrest of a gardener gets no results, the conviction of the real gang stops new factories from emerging.
Check out the cannabis factory which was busted in Campbell Road, later in the same day. Goes to show thee is no sign of these places being stamped out.

What was the owner of the property on which the drugs were being grown doing? It sounds very suspicious and should be investigated. He was either a negligent landlord probably profiting from the activity or else very much involved with the illegal activity.

West Oxon Webwatcher wrote:
What was the owner of the property on which the drugs were being grown doing? It sounds very suspicious and should be investigated. He was either a negligent landlord probably profiting from the activity or else very much involved with the illegal activity.

the landlord was probably renting it out on housing benefit, and couldn't care less as long as the money for the mortgage was coming in.

At the risk of sounding in-humane, I think we should send these people back, even if they do suffer persecution when they get home. Eventually the message would sink in, "we are not the refuge we used to be, the soft touch and sympathy has gone". Perhaps then they would stop in one of the countries they travel through to get here, doesn't that tell you something in itself. There are thousands here illegaly, they should be saught out and deported and never mind the sympathisers, they can go as well. Its time we wised up and got a lot sharper with the way we deal with these people. It should be clear cut, legal or illegal, in or out, and no more putting them up for free while we hear some appeal. They come here and get benifits, health and education, yes all the things that are being cut that we have paid for and they are getting free. Its a disgrace and should be stopped, maybe Cameron will add it to his fairness policy. Time will tell, perhaps he could consider it while he is flying out somewhere.

Sophia wrote:
Cannabis is a safe and agreeable drug, unlike tobacco and alcohol which kill many thousands every year. But of course Daily Mail readers prefer those drugs, so we have to maintain the absurd and wasteful persecution of cannabis growers and users, ignoring the scientific evidence in pursuit of that supreme legal high - complacent hypocrisy.

lol!!! To some, yes, it's safe and "agreeable"to use, but to others it completely screws up their lives, causes severe paranoia, OTT emotions, and is well known to lead onto much harder drugs.
Tobacco and alcohol just lead to more tobacco and alcohol.

(and no, I don't read the DM, and yes, I have been known to smoke many a spliff, but grew out of it...)