An illegal immigrant caught hiding in a £250,000 cannabis factory falsely claimed he was only 17 in the hope of getting a more lenient sentence.Phuc Van Ho, who was ruled to be 29 years old following a recent judicial hearing on the issue, tried to hoodwink the authorities because juveniles are treated less severely than adult offenders.He was found guilty by a Leicester Crown Court jury of cultivating 251 cannabis plants at a rented house in Aylestone Road, Leicester, on December 12 last...
