Sheriff shows mercy to retired pro-boxer who grew cannabis in his attic 'for pain'
A FORMER boxer who converted his attic into a cannabis farm was shown mercy yesterday after convincing a sheriff he used the drug to deal with chronic pain.
EVERY human life is precious and every unnecessary death diminishes the human race - even if that death is self-inflicted from an overdose of heroin or morphine.
A PENSIONER who ran to his local police station to report that a knifeman had "burst into" his home to rob him was arrested when police found cannabis plants growing at his flat.