Harry Potter actor avoids significant jail time

It took a little bit of legal magic, but “Harry Potter” actor Jamie Waylett has managed to make a lengthy jail sentence disappear. Waylett, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the franchise, was sentenced to community service after pleading guilty to drug charges.

The 19-year-old was arrested in April after police pulled over his car and caught him in possession of several bags of marijuana.

A subsequent raid on his home in Camden, north London found 10 cannabis plants and he was charged with illegal production of a Class-b drug.

Waylett confessed to the crime earlier this month and faced up to 14 years behind bars.

But at his sentencing at London’s Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning, he instead got 120 hours of community service.

Judge Timothy Workman accepted that Waylett’s production had been “small scale” and had been growing the pot plants for his own use.

He also declared the actor was essentially a man of “good character” and let him off with a less severe punishment.