Solicitor admits possessing cannabis

Michael McKeown, 51, was found with the drug when he was searched by police after court staff alerted them.

Staff doubted that he was a lawyer after he turned up at court wearing a Celtic training top.

Police who searched him found a small quantity of cannabis and Mr McKeown, a partner at Callaghan McKeown & Co, admitted an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

He was given a fiscal fine of £325 after he was detained on April 6.

A source said: “Michael is hugely embarrassed by this.

“He knows how bad it looks and just wanted to get the whole thing over with as quickly as possible. It was a stupid mistake. He couldn’t have been thinking straight.”