A MAN has been fined for being in possession of cocaine in Bradford.

Patrick Wilson, 29, of Bailey Street, Bradford, faced one charge of possession of a controlled drug of class A – cocaine.

He was caught in possession of the class A drug in Bradford, on August 23, 2020. The offence was in contravention of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Wilson was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs, as well as a £34 victim surcharge. A collection order was made at the sentencing hearing and an application was made for benefit deductions.

The cocaine is to be forfeited and destroyed by West Yorkshire Police.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court on November 9, 2022.

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