A drug-dealing couple found with cocaine and cannabis have been ordered to pay back just £15 each after jointly benefiting by £34,000. They were also found in possession of a phone containing messages relating to the supply of Class A drugs.
Liam Caddick-Cairns, 25, and Tiffany Taylor, 25, were exposed as dealers after being stopped by police on June 23 last year in Cwmbran. Both were in a car which was seen to stop near a known user with Caddick-Cairns exchanging items with the using before Taylor drove off.
The defendants were confronted by police after pulling into a car park in St Dials and their car was searched. A bag of green vegetation and a bag of white powder was found in the passenger door as well as a further bag of green vegetation in a compartment under the steering wheel.
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The substances were found to be 2g of cocaine and 4.9g of mature female flowering head cannabis. The total worth of the drugs found was between £195 and £255. An iPhone belonging to Taylor was also seized and both defendants were arrested. Caddick-Cairns initially gave a false name to police but later told them his true identity. He said: "It's got nothing to do with her – it's all me. It's her phone and my sim." The iPhone was analysed and found to contain messages offering cocaine and cannabis for sale.
Taylor, of Windsor Road, Cwmbran, said the cannabis found was for their own use but the cocaine belonged to Caddick-Cairns, of Morlais Street, Merthyr Tydfil. She said they had been in a relationship for four months and she was aware her boyfriend was involved in dealing drugs but "turned a blind eye".
Both pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis and being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. Caddick-Cairns was sentenced to four years imprisonment. In September last year Taylor was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and was ordered to carry out 110 hours unpaid work and a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard Caddick-Cairns benefited to the tune of £8,067 from drug dealing while Taylor benefited to the tune of £25,957. Both defendants had no discernible assets and the Recorder of Cardiff Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke ordered each to pay a nominal sum of £15.
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