A Bath councillor accused of being part of a cannabis-growing syndicate said he rented homes using fake names to help out a Vietnamese friend, a court heard.Newbridge representative Donal Hassett is on trial for his alleged role in what the prosecution has called an "organised, sophisticated" drugs syndicate.Hassett, 56, of Southdown Road in Bath, has denied two counts of conspiring with others to produce cannabis. The first charge relates to a cannabis-growing operation involving a...
