He was caught selling the drug from his car
Officers pulled him over and he was found to have 48 wraps of heroin worth £500, along with £51 in cash. He initially denied he was a dealer but said he was an addict. He later admitted possession with intent to supply a Class A drug.He has 24 previous convictions for 35 offences, including selling heroin in 2004 for which he was given a 33-month jail term.
A probation report into the 53-year-old, who lives on Hawksworth Terrace, Hawksworth, said that he feels he is getting “too long in the tooth” and too old to be living this kind of lifestyle, and wanted to move away from it. He has since got onto a methadone programme to wean himself off heroin.said he would not lock him up. Instead, he gave him 21 months’ jail, suspended for 18 months.
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