| JAIL FOR
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD MAN FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE
COCAINE with a street value of up to £3,700 was
found when police raided a home in Hemel Hempstead.
Mobile phones, scales and wraps were also discovered
in a blue chest of drawers at Danny Wheeler's address
in Wood End.
When police raided his home in Wood End Close on 9 October
last year, the 32-year-old told the officers: "It is
all upstairs. I will show you what you want," said prosecutor
Alison Ginn at St Albans crown court on Tuesday.
In all, 62 grams of the drug were recovered. It had
a purity of between 11 and 18 per cent and had a street
value of between £2,480 and £3,720. Two
of the mobile phones recovered were examined and showed
signs of drug dealing.
Wheeler, a man of previous good character, pleaded guilty
to supplying Class A drugs.
Defence barrister Jessica Sabey said Wheeler was selling
the drugs to clear his debts to drug dealers. He was
supplying the drug on a social, not a commercial basis.
"The offence was a wake-up call. Since his
arrest, he has gone 'Cold Turkey' to get off drugs himself.
He is of previous good character and is due to be married,"
she said.
Judge John Plumstead jailed him for 15 months. He said:
"There is no alternative but to send you to prison.
You were in the position where you knew in your heart
what a bad business dealing in cocaine is. If I thought
you were a commercial dealer you would have got four
years."
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June 2010 |
