Entertainer Eric Donaldson was said to have been a "good Samaritan" when he was held with a ganja cigar.

Defence attorney Donald Bryan told the court his client was only assisting a physically challenged man when he was held.

Donaldson was subsequently fined $100 or 10 days in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The court was told that last Tuesday the entertainer was near the court when he was accosted and a ganja cigar taken from him.

Donaldson is one of Jamaica's most decorated Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Popular Song competition winners with Cherry Oh Baby being his biggest hit.