A German pensioner was fined by a court on Monday when a seedling given
to her by a neighbor grew into a huge cannabis bush. It was over two meters high before police came knocking on her door. In May 2012,
Christine W. received the seedling as a present from her neighbor.
“Our neighbor Bernd knows a lot about herbal remedies. I thought it was
a mimosa plant,” she told the judge in the Saxony Anhalt court. Not
knowing what it was, the 63-year-old planted the seedling. “I have green
fingers. The bush was tiny in May, but in August it was over two meters
high,"
she told the judge with pride.
But in September 2012, eight police officers raided Christine’s garden
in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, and seized the plant, which had been placed on
the compost heap after a storm. The case was brought before a court in
Merseburg where Christine's lawyer defended her actions. “My client had
no idea what she was growing," he said.
The judge agreed. The couple were ordered to donate their €100 fine to
an organization working with young people to prevent drug addiction and
the case was closed.
Their neighbor Bernd E. was given fourteen months probation in November 2012 for making hash schnapps. Christine says she was unaware of his conviction.
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