A drug dealer who would travel from Liverpool to Hull could have been a professional footballer but "squandered" his chance of reaching professional status in the sport.
The talented athlete Kurtis Mackie was found out after an eagle-eyed undercover police officer saw him in the middle of a "huddle" of drug users in a park that was well-known to police as a meeting place for drug dealing. Mackie had failed to learn his lesson after he was previously locked up for similar drug offences, Hull Crown Court heard.
The 26-year-old admitted to possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply on October 9, 2019. Andrew Patterson, prosecuting, said that Mackie travelled from his home in Liverpool to Hull and stayed overnight there before cutting up stashes of heroin and crack cocaine into smaller amounts before selling them on the streets, Hull Live reports.
