Elton’s brother fined over magic mushrooms
THE half-brother of Sir Elton John brought a ceremonial trident to court yesterday before he was fined for having magic mushrooms.
Colourfully dressed Geoff Dwight, 56, carried the trident on his shoulder but security guards refused to allow it in the building.
He later said it was a ‘religious’ pole representing Britannia, adding: ‘Brexit happened so we are sailing the high seas of the world again.
‘If I were having to swear an oath, I would have sworn on it.’
Dwight, the son of music icon Sir Elton’s father from his second marriage, admitted possessing the mushrooms –a Class A drug – and was fined £120 at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court. Defence solicitor Nia Dawson said: ‘A small amount of mushrooms was found in his premises. He had forgotten they were there. They are against the law.’
It is understood that Dwight, of Ruthin, North Wales, who makes yurts and harps and organises music festivals, has barely been in contact with his multi-millionaire half-brother.
In 2021 he was fined £200 for breaching Covid rules by going to an illegal rave with 200 revellers in the Welsh countryside. Dwight and his partner Karen Webb, 58, admitted attending the gathering. He has previously criticised how his father Stanley was portrayed as cold and unsupportive in the film about Sir Elton’s life, Rocketman.
Dwight said: ‘That’s not the Dad I remember.’ He claimed his half-brother chooses to ‘believe what he wants to believe’ and that he seems to have suffered ‘massive memory loss’. He said: ‘Dad had a big heart and he loved us all equally. He was incredibly proud of Elton and everything he achieved.’
Sir Elton, 75, was born Reginald Dwight and raised in London. Both parents remarried after divorcing when Elton was 15. Dwight, who was raised on Merseyside, has said previously: ‘I first met Elton when I was five — he was already a star, which was very exciting.’