A prosecutor with wedding bells on her mind apologised yesterday to magistrates when she horribly mangled her facts in a drugs case.

Vanessa Schofield, who gets married on Saturday, blamed the stress of not having time off work to organise her big day, for the mistake.

Jonathan Scoon, 33, of Huntingdon Avenue, Deighton, got the shock of his life when his offence of possessing cannabis for his own use was confused by Ms Schofield with a much larger amount in another case.

She began correctly by telling the court how on December 11 police officers had executed a search warrant at Tolson Crescent, Dalton, and found a small amount of Skunk cannabis.

But it was when she said it had been given a street value of £4,800 that Scoon started to look bewildered and his legal representative Bob Carr concerned.

After checking her notes she told the bench: “I apologise. I have a case very similar on the list.”

Mr Carr joked: “I think that Mr Scoon needs a stiff drink as he recovers from the shock.” He added: “He has smoked cannabis for a number of years but there is no suggestion of supplying at all.”

The bench ordered him to pay £180 in fines and costs.