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Juror fined £450 after smoking cannabis joint on break from rape trial May 18th 2012, 17:01 Shezad Hussain admits contempt of court after juror on another case spotted him smoking at bus stop during lunch hour A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour was today fined £450 after admitting contempt of court. Shezad Hussain, 26, smoked the drug at a bus stop just yards from the entrance to Bolton crown court, Greater Manchester. But he was spotted by a juror on another case who alerted police. Hussain at first denied but then admitted the offence, blaming stress following a violent attack on his family-owned corner shop by "gangsters". The father of one from Bolton had been one of 12 jurors on a week-long case of a man accused of raping a child. Hussain was dismissed from the jury on Monday, charged with contempt of court and told to speak to a solicitor. Crime Drugs Bolton Trial by jury UK criminal justice Health guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Media files: Cannabis-joint-003.jpg (image/jpeg) Cannabis-joint-008.jpg (image/jpeg)

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