Michael Chapman, of Knowles House Avenue, Eccleston, appeared before Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates' Court on Monday, January 5. He indicated guilty pleas to possession of a Class A and Class B drugs. On March 20, this year, the defendant was caught with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis on him. For the cocaine offence, Chapman was fined £120, and made to pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85. Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin On 20/03/2025 at St Helens in the county of Merseyside you, Michael Chapman had in your possession a quantity of cannabis a controlled drug of class B in contravention of section 5(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Source: The Star January 12, 2026 11:13 UTC