A former street dealer who made "a terrible judgement at the time" is now working for Network Rail and subject to daily drug tests, a court heard. More than two years ago, Oba Julius-Adewuyi was a different man, after he was stopped in a car with 29 wraps of crack cocaine on him and £650.
Messages on a phone related to the supply of drugs, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Friday (March 3). Catherine Picardo, mitigating, said her 22-year-old client, who brought a bag with him to court in case he went to prison, was 18 when he was arrested.
He has five previous convictions for possessing drugs, which were predominantly for using cannabis. But in 2020 his addiction escalated and he amassed a drug debt to the people he bought cannabis from.
