A drug dealer ruined his "promising" Liverpool FC career by getting involved with cocaine and heroin.
John Smith once had a "promising career" as a youth player with the Reds, but "wasted his talent" by falling into drink and drugs. And the now 38-year-old was caught with thousand of pounds of class A substances when police pulled over his car.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Friday, the police patrols spotted his Ford Kuga driving on City Road in Walton on October 11 last year. Mr Jones, prosecuting, described how Smith - who had two male passengers - appeared to be "very nervous and looking around".
