Dealer's heroin stash would have brought 'misery' to so many
DRUG dealer Jamie Walsh has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after police found stashes of heroin that would have brought "misery" to many people.
Walsh, 40, of Rowston Street, Cleethorpes, denied possessing 18.6g of heroin with intent to supply on December 7 but was convicted by a jury at Grimsby Crown Court after a trial.
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Locked up: Jamie Walsh has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
The court heard that police visited Walsh's home with a warrant to search the property. They found heroin with a purity of 18 per cent and a street value of more than £900.
They also found drug paraphernalia, including foil, cut-up freezer bags for use as deal bags, weighing scales and lists of names and numbers of other known drug users, with cash figures at the side of each of the names.
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Officers had been approached, while searching Walsh's property, by William Barker, who asked: "Is Jamie in?" When asked what he wanted, he said: "Two." When the officer identified himself, he took a while to reply but claimed he was asking about two pornographic DVDs.
Walsh repeatedly told police that the heroin was for personal use and that he would smoke up to two grams a day. He said had been involved in a road accident months earlier and was due £5,500 compensation.
Walsh claimed he did not pay for the 18.6 grams of heroin but would do so when he had the money from the compensation claim. He claimed the accident left him with ulcers of the leg and he used the drug to help with pain relief.
Recorder Peter Babb told Walsh: "Dealing heroin in the way that you do brings misery to a large number of people, not only the addicts, but the families of these people and other people who are affected by the activities people use to get these drugs."
Robert Sandford, defending, said Walsh denied that he had dealer lists and claimed they were records of a Monopoly game played between two of his friends at his home.
"Only £110 cash was found on a coffee table," said Mr Sandford.
"I would have thought there would be larger sums of money in this house if he was dealing from there. Scales are used for weighing out deals for customers, but he wanted to weigh out measures for his personal use.
"You would expect to find deals prepared but there was none. No debris was found on any other bags."
Comments
by Hedgewood
Saturday, July 07 2012, 7:20AM
“Bring back capital punishment, once we have executed a handful, they will be looking for a proper job”
by smokebelch
Friday, July 06 2012, 4:14PM
“@ markus2012/ hardaworking
I too went to school with Jamie (same class in fact for 5 mad yrs at MH) as has been said, could play footy like anyone you care to name, academically, would not have struggled to get into a good uni if thats what he'd wanted, BUT joey c got his claws into him didnt he.
I'm in no way condoning what Jamie's done....he's a drug dealer....end of and he deserves to be sent down for it.
But of all the people I know, Jamies the best advert for why you should steer clear of drugs......a life properly wasted.”
by grimoldie
Friday, July 06 2012, 2:54PM
“If you need any evidence of Drug dealers vengence look no further than Adam Vincent above. The evil scum who murdered him are now trying to appeal. If they win their case the police must feel like giving up.”
by D_Bones
Friday, July 06 2012, 2:20PM
“I, like hardaworking, knew Jamie as a kid at school.
Such wasted potential...”
by xxx666xxx
Friday, July 06 2012, 12:20AM
“So angry im going to comment again. Get these scum off this earth....ive seen what these vermin do to get their next fix and it disgusts me to the core. Such weak minded filth have no place on this earth. Dirty bag heads”
by xxx666xxx
Friday, July 06 2012, 12:11AM
“I've not even read this article,im commenting on the headline. The words heroin dealer is all i need to see. This man is better off dead along with all the other dealers and heroin users. Scum through and through no exceptions. Makes me sick”
by markus2011
Thursday, July 05 2012, 10:55PM
“freedom107
if you think the courts are doing there job correctly and think 3 1/5 years is a propper sentence for a dealer then you must be crackers or on drugs yourself. dealers should get atleast 10 years minimum and nothing less.”
by steelfxr
Thursday, July 05 2012, 5:23PM
“small fish in a big pond why dont they get the people worth going after and cutting off the suply to the small time dealers.i find it pretty sick that they can publish a picture of a smalltime dealer and theirs a xxxx whos admitted making indecent images of children on 5 counts np picture to warn parents and he gets away scot free.firstly jason redgrave gets 8 years for killing baby ethan because he didnt mean to kill him,he should never have layed his evil hands on him in the first place he should be doing life now never to see the light of day again.i hope he gets what he deserves while serving his sentence.its about time the courts judges and powers that be started to look after our children and showing it in the sentences they give out.we are living in a society were some parents wont let their children out to play for fear of these monsters praying on them.then when one is caught he gets a slap on the wrist or a short time in prison and then let out to reoffend.the law should be protecting our children but it seems to me it protects the molesters that wreck young lifes scarring them for the rest of their days.i cannot think of a worst crime than one done against the young and innocent and seriously think the death pen should be brought back for the worst of them if not the lot of them.”
by freedom107
Thursday, July 05 2012, 5:16PM
“its nice to see the courts doing there jobs now sending the SCUM down”
by dave_41
Thursday, July 05 2012, 3:37PM
“EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE.”