Paul Flowers admits drug possession charges

DISGRACED former Co-op Bank chairman Paul Flowers has been fined after admitting three drugs possession charges in court in Leeds.

Flowers, who was suspended from the Methodist Church amid newspaper reports over his drug use and other extra-curricular activities, appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court this morning.

He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £125 costs.

He pleaded guilty to charges of possessing cocaine, methyl amphetamine and ketamine. He was arrested in November and charged last month.

Flowers stepped down from the Co-op Bank six months earlier over concerns about his expenses.