Ex-girlfriend of drugs boss avoids jail by the 'skin of her teeth' for role in gang exploiting vulnerable teens
Two men have been jailed for exploiting vulnerable 16-year-olds to deal crack cocaine and heroin more than 100 miles away. The ex-girlfriend of one of the dealers who ferried a boy to and from Greater Manchester avoided jail by the 'skin of her teeth'.
He went to a property in the Beverley Road area of Hull late in March to set-up operations, texting Burns, 22, that the 'gaff was hanging'. Days after this he travelled to the property with a 16-year-old by train where the teen was expected to live in the "unsanitary living conditions for the purpose of selling drugs," Ms Brannan told Bolton Crown Court.
Around this time Upton set up the 'Snickers' line operating from Oldham and supplying drugs in the Greater Manchester area, with a 16-year-old. The 16-year-old discovered in the property on April 17 was no longer involved from this point. Another vulnerable child from the Greater Manchester area was then brought in to take over the Hull operation, known as the 'Hugo New' line.
Around this time Upton travelled to Ireland for a number of weeks, with Kade Joyson, 28, put in charge of the Hull operation. The 16-year-old confided in his youth worker and met with him, with the youth worker commenting that he 'looked scared'. Burns was arrested in March at a different address. Both gave no comment in police interviews. It wasn't until April 2022 that Joyson was arrested having returned from Ireland. The prosecution said he had been trying to obtain an Irish passport with a new identity.
Upton, who was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison following the March 2021 raid, was sentenced to nine years and three months in total today . He was sentenced to five years and three months for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and four years for modern slavery offences.
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