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Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed admits drug driving
['Sam Hall', 'Press Association']
Irish News
Jack Tweed leaving Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court, Essex, where he is charged with drug drivingBig Brother star Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed has been banned from driving after admitting being behind the wheel under the influence of cannabis.
Tweed, 39, entered a guilty plea at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday to one charge of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
Jack Tweed leaving Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court, Essex (Jordan Pettitt/PA)Wearing a black top, Tweed said he now works as an electrician, adding that his income varies and is “maybe £3,000 a month”.
The court was told Tweed has seven previous convictions for 14 offences, including a conviction in 2007 for driving with excess alcohol.
He told Tweed: “You cannot drive any motor vehicle on any roads used by the public from this until the end of your disqualification.