A dad-of-three attracted the suspicions of police after being spotted with a Kinder egg, before throwing it into a garden - and what lay inside made for a shocking discovery.
Inside the hollow egg were 27 wraps of crack cocaine. Billy Guymer got involved in selling drugs on the streets because his brother had been threatened and intimidated over a drug debt.
Guymer, 22, of east Hull, admitted possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply and possessing £800 cash as criminal property on February 23.
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Michael Masson, prosecuting, said that a police officer in 10th Avenue, north Hull, spotted Guymer on a bicycle, riding towards him, at 2.30pm. Guymer threw an empty yellow Kinder egg shell into a garden, Hull Crown Court heard.
He was detained and he dropped a mobile phone. It was later found to have drug dealing messages on it. A Kinder egg had 27 wraps of crack cocaine, valued at £270, inside it. He had £800 cash on him, reports HullLive.
Guymer made no comment to all questions during police interview and said that he did not know the value of the drugs. He had convictions for 43 previous offences, including four for possessing drugs but none for dealing. He was in breach of a 15-week suspended prison sentence imposed in September for possessing Class B drugs and handling stolen goods.
Michael Forrest, mitigating, said that Guymer had previously committed a lot of low-level crime. "This defendant is not an addict, he is not a user," said Mr Forrest.
Guymer got involved in drug dealing because his brother had run up a drug debt after being released from prison. There had been threats to the brother and intimidation. Instead of going to the police or other authorities, Guymer chose to deal drugs.
The cash found was "not a small amount of money", but it was not Guymer's. He had no "designer clothes or assets" and he was "used as a pawn" in the drug dealing, although he had some awareness of the scale of the operation.
'He will spend his daughter's birthday in prison'
While in custody on remand, he was spending his time well and had enrolled on catering courses. "He has the rest of his life ahead of him," said Mr Forrest. Guymer had "sincere and strong family support" and his family was "horrified" by what he had done.
"He has seen how drugs can irrevocably ruin lives," said Mr Forrest. "He wants nothing more than to serve the inevitable prison sentence, put this behind him and start being a contributing member of society." Guymer had served short custodial sentences in the past in young offenders' institutions.
He had three children and the youngest would have a birthday on Easter Sunday. "He will spend his daughter's birthday in prison," said Mr Forrest.
Recorder Felicity Davies said that Guymer threw away a Kinder egg and this "clearly attracted the attention" of the police. "You had also tried to jettison your mobile phone," said Recorder Davies. "When that was viewed, it contained clear evidence that you had been sending messages for the purposes of selling drugs.
"When you were searched, you were found to be in possession of £800 cash, plainly coming from your drug dealing activities. You were responding to threats and intimidation that your brother had incurred by running up a drug debt.
"You are no stranger to custody but you have not served previously lengthy custodial sentences."
Guymer was jailed for 20 months. The sentence included a consecutive two months for breaching the suspended sentence. The £800 cash seized will be forfeited and given to the St Paul's boxing charity, Hull. The phone will also be forfeited.
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