A drug dealer who peddled crack cocaine and heroin from a user’s house has been sent down as the woman was spared prison for allowing it to take place in her home address.
Police raided the property on Milton Road in Widnes town centre on June 9 after receiving “intelligence”. Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday that once inside, officers saw Dean Gorst, 31, of Dignum Mead, Liverpool, standing behind the sofa and the tenant Leanne Beneke, 32, who ran into the kitchen.
A search uncovered 46 wraps of crack cocaine worth £10 each and 56 of heroin of the same value. These were spread among “bake boxes” on the living room table, inside Gorst’s coat stashed under the sofa, and behind the sofa. Officers also seized two graft phones and £337 in cash.
