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June 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A man who grew one of Australia’s largest cannabis crops so he could fund a nationwide anti-abortion protest has told a court he has no regrets.
Michael Bennett Gardner Snr, 58, told the Supreme Court in Brisbane today that he wished he had grown at least another 15 acres of the drug before he was caught in mid-2008.
He then took the unusual step of urging the judge to jail him for the maximum of 20 years for the charge of trafficking, to which he pleaded guilty, saying his crime was “the top level of offending”.
However, Justice Roslyn Atkinson, who described the offending as “evil”, agreed with the prosecution that Gardner should be sentenced to 13 years’ jail.
Gardner called Justice Atkinson a “tyrant” after she handed down her sentence.
The court heard Gardner was the kingpin of a massive cannabis production scheme he ran from his property at Inglewood, in southeast Queensland, between 2004 and 2008.
When police raided the property they found 6.5 tonnes of harvested marijuana and 22,000 plants worth $69 million.
They also found weapons, lookout camps and extensive infrastructure on the property.
The court heard Gardner used his young stepchildren as slave labour for the enterprise, forcing them to sow and weed thousands of plants when they should have been at school.
Other members of his family have already been sentenced for their involvement.
Gardner told the court he was in a unique position to argue against abortion as he could remember his time in the womb.
In a bizarre but softly-spoken address, he compared abortion to the mass genocide of Jews in Nazi Germany and quoted comments about judges’ moral responsibilities made by a fictional character in a book.
Gardner must serve 80 per cent of his jail term before he is eligible for parole.
He has already served almost four years in pre-sentence custody.
AAP
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