A 29 year old man was found guilty for the possession of crack cocaine at Winchester Crown Court today.
The Court heard how Matthew Keeley, from Basingstoke, had been given the drugs as a form of payment for renting a car for Nathan Mullens which was then used for a drug run last year. Keeley received six to seven rocks of crack worth £20 each.
The charge of conspiracy with Mullens was dropped as the police failed to identify the driver. This is also why no further action will be taken against Mullens.
Keeley said he was a social user of crack cocaine and admitted to being a heroin addict for five years. He had recently been convicted of shop lifting to feed his addiction. He also has a record of previously possessing cannabis.
Judge J W Dixon concluded that putting him in prison was “not a practical course to take”. He said he was not going to imprison Keeley as he had pleaded guilty, had beaten his addiction to heroin independently, had stable living arrangements and was about to start work.
Keeley was charged a £1000 fine and was told by the judge to consider him self lucky.
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Comment by jersey — February 28, 2008 @ 11:46 am |
This is a good, sharply written news story, but needs stronger quotes near the top of teh story.
Comment by chri horrie — March 10, 2008 @ 4:10 pm |