# Norfolk man jailed after growing cannabis to cope with cancer

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/husband-who-turned-1million-rural-home-into-a-cannabis-farm-after-he-started-using-drug-to-self-medicate-his-cancer-is-jailed/
- Published: 2026-11-06T15:32:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T15:49:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16271659/Husband-home-cannabis-farm-jailed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Mark Ayres was jailed for growing and selling cannabis.
- Police found 25 plants and £46,000 worth of dried cannabis.
- His wife received a suspended sentence for her role.

## Summary

Mark Ayres, 71, has been jailed for three and a half years after growing and selling cannabis from his home in Attleborough, Norfolk. He began researching cannabis for medicinal use after a cancer diagnosis, but prosecutors said the operation expanded into a significant farm and supply business.

Police found 25 plants and 5.7 kilograms of dried cannabis, estimated to be worth £46,000, during a raid on 20 May last year. Ayres admitted producing cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply; his wife Marion, 70, admitted a limited role in production and received a nine-month sentence suspended for 12 months. The court heard the operation grew from eight plants, and that Ayres’s cancer had returned in 2023.

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