Post by Iyouboushi on Jul 12, 2009 13:41:16 GMT -6
Toddler used by crack dealers
A toddler was used in a crack dealing business run by a convicted killer from his home.
The two-year-old shouted "back door" when a customer arrived at the house in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, a court heard.
George Sanderson, 38 - convicted of manslaughter in 1991 - was jailed for five years, and David Thomas, 21, was jailed two and a half years at Teesside Crown Court after both men admitted conspiring to supply the Class A drug.
Judge Peter Fox QC told them: "From your home, Sanderson, you were running a cocaine business in close vicinity of at least one small child, who was drawn into directing your customers or bringing one of you to the door to deal with that customer."
A toddler was used in a crack dealing business run by a convicted killer from his home.
The two-year-old shouted "back door" when a customer arrived at the house in Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, a court heard.
George Sanderson, 38 - convicted of manslaughter in 1991 - was jailed for five years, and David Thomas, 21, was jailed two and a half years at Teesside Crown Court after both men admitted conspiring to supply the Class A drug.
Judge Peter Fox QC told them: "From your home, Sanderson, you were running a cocaine business in close vicinity of at least one small child, who was drawn into directing your customers or bringing one of you to the door to deal with that customer."