A homeless man was caught dealing heroin and crack cocaine by police in Cardiff city centre in order to fund his own addiction to Class A drugs. Messages on his phone revealed he had been sending "text bombs" to customers advertising drugs.
Eric McShane, 26, was spotted by officers in Queen Street at 1.05pm on April 19 with a group of people who were suspected to be drug users. They were seen to crowd around the defendant who appeared to supply them with drugs.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard McShane was seen again a short time later at 1.45pm taking money from two two people who walked a short distance to a fire escape and began preparing drugs for use in a crack pipe.
