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'Potter' Cast Member Gets 2 Years in Jail

March 20, 2012

British actor Jamie Waylett has been sentenced to two years in prison for looting during the London riots last August, officials said.

Waylett, 22, played Hogwarts student Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter movies.

TMZ said he was convicted of violent disorder, but acquitted on the charge of intending to destroy property with a fire bomb.

He was accused of carrying a Molotov cocktail, while stealing champagne from a drug store Aug. 8.

The actor was identified in video footage after the unrest ended, then arrested Sept. 20.

He has a history of previous drug-related convictions, including cocaine use and possession of cannabis, the report said.



Source: Copyright United Press International 2012


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