An Aberdeen man left with severe injuries after a horror car crash grew £29,500 of cannabis in his home, a court has heard.
Damian Kukulski had 25 cannabis plants growing in tents in the living room and bedroom of his property in Aberdeen, the city’s sheriff court was told.
His solicitor said the 37-year-old was a user of the Class B drug and used it to help cope with the pain of his injuries after the 2020 car crash.
Kukulski left another man hospitalised for eight days and suffered back and shoulder injuries when he crashed while using cruise control and taking a bend too fast.
Police discovered Kukulski’s cannabis farm after neighbours reported a disturbance within his home.
A previous Crown narrative read to the court said: “The accused was found within the living room together with his former co-accused.
“There was a clear smell of cannabis within the property and officers observed an obvious cannabis cultivation within the living room.
“A cannabis cultivation containing 25 cannabis plants, together with the usual tents, fans, heats lamps and growing equipment, was located within the living room and a bedroom of the property.
“Around 10 carrier bags containing a combined of total of 1,769 grams of cannabis were recovered.”
Drugs worth £29,475 found in Aberdeen home
Kukulski’s DNA was found on the handles of some of these carrier bags and specialist officers said the cannabis would have a potential value of £13,150 or £29,475 if subdivided into the usual 1.5 gram ‘deal’ amounts.
Kukulski admitted being concerned in the supply of drugs on May 29 2020.
Defence agent Alex Burn said Kukulski, a Polish national, lives in a lot of pain due to an easily dislocated shoulder and spinal injuries caused by the crash.
“He was a particularly talented sporting individual previously being selected for the school’s World Cup in 2003,” Mr Burn added.
The solicitor said that his client takes cannabis “occasionally” and gives it to others suffering injuries.
Sheriff Morag McLaughlin said she had to give him a “high-tariff order” as an alternative to imprisonment.
He handed Kukulski, of Justice Port, Aberdeen, a two-year supervision order, 150 hours of unpaid work and a six-month curfew.
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