A 54-year-old man will appear at court this morning charged with cultivation of cannabis.

David King, of House Boat Kiraly, Hampton Hall Farm, Moor Lane, Rickmansworth, faces an allegation he cultivated a class B drug, 67 cannabis plants, on September 2 at Rickmansworth.

The defendant is due to appear at St Albans Magistrates' Court this morning for the matter to be committed to the crown court.