Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
'Harry Potter' Actor Jamie Waylett Arrested On Drug Charges
According to Us Weekly and various British reports, the actor was stopped with a friend while driving, which led to the officials discovering eight bags of pot inside the vehicle.
Soon enough, Waylett's situation reportedly became worse, when police raided the London-area home the young actor shares with mother, two brothers and a sister. Inside the house, the law-enforcement officials discovered 10 plants, believed to be cannabis worth approximately $2,900. According to the report, the plants were growing under powerful hydroponic lights, next to a PlayStation console.
Waylett, who has become a "Harry Potter" fan favorite, emerged from massive casting calls in the early part of the decade to land his role. A Slytherin student, Vincent Crabbe serves as one of Draco Malfoy's minions but is as helped by his size as he is fatally flawed by his dimness. An accomplice to the Death Eaters, Crabbe's wizard powers — and his distaste for Harry — increase throughout the "Potter" series.
The actor, whose film career thus far has been only in the "Potter" films, is due in court sometime in July. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" hits theaters worldwide that very same month.
Harry Potter Actor Arrested
A 19-year-old actor from the Harry Potter films has been arrested after police allegedly found cannabis in his car and his mother's home, reports and Scotland Yard said.
James Waylett, who plays Vincent Crabbe, a Hogwart pupil and Potter-hating bully, was detained with another young man in central London last Thursday.
"Two 19-year-old occupants were found in the vehicle. Both men were arrested and taken to Central London police station," said a Scotland Yard spokesman, adding that officers later raided his mother's home in Camden, north London.
"Officers found a number of plants believed to be cannabis and equipment for the cultivation of plants," he added, saying both men were bailed until a date in July pending further inquiries.
At least 10 cannabis plants worth 2,000 pounds (2,900 dollars, 2,200 euros) were found, said media reports including the tabloid Sun, which printed the story under the headline "Harry Pothead."
The maximum punishment in Britain for cannabis production, which is considered a class B drug, is a 14-year jail sentence.
The latest Harry Potter film in which he stars, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will be released in Britain in July 17.
Last month a 22-year-old man was jailed for at least 20 years for stabbing and killing another actor from the latest Potter film, Rob Knox, in May last year in southeast London.