Juror fined £450 after smoking cannabis joint on break from rape trial The juror, who smoked the drug yards from Bolton crown court, blamed stress after an attack on his corner shop. Photograph: Science Photo Library/Corbis A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour was today fined £450 after admitting contempt of court. Shezad Hussain, 26, smoked the drug at a bus stop just yards from the entrance to Bolton crown court, Greater Manchester. But he was spotted by a juror on another case who alerted police. Hussain at first denied but then admitted the offence, blaming stress following a violent attack on his family-owned corner shop by "gangsters." The father of one from Bolton had been one of 12 jurors on a week-long case of a man accused of raping a child. Hussain was dismissed from the jury on Monday, charged with contempt of court and told to speak to a solicitor.