A Harry Potter actor has escaped being sent to prison after he was sentenced to community service Tuesday for growing cannabis inside his mother's home.

Jamie Waylett, who plays main villain Draco Malfoy's bully sidekick Vincent Crabbe, earlier had pleaded guilty to growing the illegal plants at a house in Kilburn.

He was arrested after police found photographs of the plants on his camera after he and a friend had taken some snaps of police officers from their car.

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