Jay Dorian Fitzgerald and Crystal Heather Marie Wallace pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis plants

Two Port Lincoln parents have pleaded guilty to growing cannabis inside their home for their personal use.

COURT: Jay Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis. Picture: Facebook

Two Port Lincoln parents have faced court after police uncovered a growing set up inside their home.

Jay Dorian Fitzgerald and Crystal Heather Marie Wallace appeared in the Port Lincoln Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis plants-artificially enhanced cultivation on Friday

Accompanied in court by their four-week-old baby, the pair told Magistrate David McLeod they had been growing cannabis for Fitzgerald’s personal use.

“I was attacked with a machete about seven years ago and ever since then I have been using it for the pain,” Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald also disclosed to the court the couples recent financial struggles.

“We have been refused legal aid twice now, I have literally $0 in my bank account,” he said.

Police Prosecutor Mick Hart told the court just after 1.30pm on September 20, 2019, officers arrived at a Port Lincoln home with a search warrant.

Inside the home police found, hydroponic set up with one cannabis plant growing in a plastic garden pot.

Equipment such as two LED lamp, a heater, a water drip dispenser and a lamp shade.

Fitzgerald admitted the equipment was his and his partner’s.

The court heard the 28-year-old told police it was for personal use.

Sergeant Hart said the young father had only been before the court once on a controlled drug charge.

Wallace told Mr McLeod she had sworn off drugs since the birth of her child.

Both parents were placed on a $500, 12-month good behaviour bond.

Convictions were recorded for Fitzgerald.