A former international athlete 'went off the rails' and became an unsuccessful cocaine dealer.
Jacob Maxted, 26, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday (May 9). A Great Britain handball player, Maxted was arrested as he tried to sell cocaine but was caught on CCTV.
He was in Warrington town centre at around 3.20am on December 15, 2021 when he was caught on CCTV offering cocaine to another man. Prosecuting, Iain Criddle told the court that Maxted made an "unsophisticated attempt" to deal cocaine, one bag of which was in the palm of his hand as he tried to make a sale.