AN ELLESMERE Port man who was caught with cocaine when police arrested him in Neston for being drunk and disorderly was fined by magistrates.

Liam Smith – also known as Liam Dunn – appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, November 26, to face two charges of being drunk and disorderly in a public place and possession of a controlled drug namely cocaine.

Smith, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to both offences.

CPS prosecutor Valeriya Tonkinson told the court that on July 17 this year, Smith entered The Cross pub in Neston while drunk.

Staff at the pub said he was acting oddly and asked him to leave, telling him not to return but he did and was told to leave again.

However, on this occasion, he became agitated and demanded staff ‘give him a good reason’ as to why he should leave before demanding to be let into the pub’s beer garden to search for his mobile phone.

However, Mrs Tonkinson added that his phone was in his back pocket.

Police eventually arrested Smith for his behaviour and before they began a search of his person, he admitted they would find four bags of cocaine.

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He told police later that he had spent £100 on cocaine and had also consumed alcohol, leading to his behaviour.

She added that he was a man of previously good character.

Speaking to magistrates to provide mitigation, Smith told chairman of the bench Richard Wallace that his behaviour was a result of being ‘overwhelmed by life’.

He said that he had suffered loss of immediate and close family members and that his emotions had taken over him and that he was ‘truly sorry for my actions’.

Mr Wallace fined him £133 and ordered £54 for a victim surcharge and £85 costs for possession of cocaine but ordered no separate penalty for the drunk and disorderly charge.