A DRUNK man who caused trouble at Colchester Hospital has been fined by magistrates.

John Barrett, 47, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place while on the grounds of Colchester Hospital, in Turner Road, on May 27.

Barrett, of East Stockwell Street, Colchester, appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.

He was fined £83 by the magistrates and ordered to stump up £138 in costs to the court and a surcharge to fund victim services.