A MAN has appeared in court after he was found in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.

Aidan Watkins entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester.

The court heard the 22-year-old had been in charge of a Skoda Octavia while unfit to drive through drugs in Lightwood Lane, Cotheridge, on December 9.

Watkins, of Westfields Close, Bromyard, was handed 10 penalty points and fined £120. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £34 victim surcharge.