A man who turned his home into a nursery for cannabis plants has been jailed for four months.

Police who raided the home of Michael Tunesi, 37, in Gravett Court, Burgess Hill, found 66 cannabis plants in various stages of growth, a cupboard internally painted white with special ventilation and an array of lighting and heating equipment designed to assist home cultivation.

Nearby, was a bag of magic mushrooms. Jobless Tunesi pleaded guilty at Crawley Magistrates' Court to producing cannabis and allowing his premises to be used for drug offences.

Prosecutor Nicola Biggs said Tunesi told police all the drugs were for his own personal use.

He told the officers he had picked the mushrooms in a field near Burgess Hill.

Keith Goodhand, defending, said Tunesi held certain views about the use of drugs and these were unlikely to change, whatever the sentence.

He said: "He enjoyed the cultivation, it was like a hobby and he preferred growing the cannabis to buying it from someone else."

Jailing Tunesi for four months, District Judge Paul Tain commented: "Anyone concerned with the cultivation of drugs is a danger to himself and others. There is a risk that other people will become involved in drugs."