A GREAT Yarmouth man has received a community sentence after pleading guilty to drugs charges at court.

Marc Cording, 37, of Garibaldi Place, appeared at Norwich Crown Court on Friday, March 18 charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis and possession with intent to supply amphetamines.

The charges related to an incident last September where he was stopped and searched by officers at Market Gates shopping centre. Cording pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work and given a 12 month community order.