'˜Breaking Bad here we come' judge tells student

He was Conan McIlkenny (21), Ballyoran Manor, Portadown. For unlawful possession of a class B drug, cannabis, on July 16 last year he was fined £250. He was fined £200 and banned for four weeks for driving while unfit through drink or drugs on the same date.

A defence barrister said McIlkenny was a young man with ‘a promising future in front of him’ and the whole court experience was quite chastening for him.

The court heard he was a bio-medical engineering student and District Judge, Mrs Bernie Kelly, said there was a chemistry element to that so he would know how to make his own drugs.

“Breaking Bad here we come,” she commented. The judge told the defendant: “You have a promising career ahead of you, why mess it up by doing drugs.”