Wirral man, 23, fined £200 for being over cannabis drug limit
Kieran Dodd, 23, of Harvest Lane in Moreton, admitted being in charge of a car while over the cannabis drug-driving limit on Eleanor Road in Bidston on 5 April 2026, with a reading of 5.8 micrograms of Delta-9-THC per litre against a limit of 2. Wirral Magistrates Court fined him £200 on 9 November, put 10 points on his licence and ordered £85 costs and an £80 surcharge.
🇬🇧 Wirral Magistrates Court, Birkenhead, Merseyside · United Kingdom
A Wirral man has admitted being in charge of a car while over the drug-driving
limit for cannabis.[1]Kieran Dodd, 23, pleaded guilty to the offence at
Wirral Magistrates Court on Monday 9 November.[1]Dodd, of Harvest Lane in
Moreton, entered his plea at the hearing.[1]The offence relates to being in
charge of the vehicle, not driving it.[1]
Magistrates heard that Dodd was in a grey Nissan on Eleanor Road in Bidston on 5
April 2026.[1]He gave a reading of 5.8 micrograms per litre of
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, known as Delta-9-THC, the cannabis compound the
test measures.[1]The legal limit is 2 micrograms per litre.[1]The reading
was almost three times that limit.[1]The hearing came more than seven months
after the reading.[1]
Magistrates fined Dodd £200.[1]They also put 10 penalty points on his driving
licence.[1]He will have to pay £85 in court costs and a victim surcharge of
£80.[1]The penalties were imposed for the single drug-driving offence.[1]
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Wirral Magistrates Court, where Kieran Dodd was fined. Photo: NewsquestPhoto details
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Baban Shadi, 26, of London, admitted possessing 0.6g of cannabis in Weston-super-Mare on 16 April 2026, in the same hearing as driving without insurance or a licence. A magistrates' court fined him £120 with £85 in costs and gave him eight penalty points, and the cannabis was ordered forfeited and destroyed.
Nashaun Joseph, 21, of Huddersfield, was found with a small bag of cannabis when he was arrested on 14 October and was in breach of a 12-month prison sentence suspended for a year. Kirklees magistrates did not activate the sentence, adding a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and ordering him to pay £197 in fine and costs.
Roy Hickman, 42, was arrested at Princes Dock on 6 July 2026 after police found cannabis in the car he was in, and a search of his home found four phones in breach of a serious crime prevention order. Liverpool Crown Court gave him a conditional discharge on 11 November after the phones could not be downloaded and ordered the cannabis and three phones forfeited.
