A drug dealer who made £125,000 by selling cocaine and possessed an expensive Rolex watch has been ordered to pay back just £73,000. He was found to have been dealing cocaine by the ounce to other dealers.
Macauley Cotterill, 25, from Cardiff, was caught after his car was stopped by police on May 26 last year. Among the items seized included a phone which revealed text messages relating to the sale of cocaine.
The defendant had turned to drug dealing after losing his employment as a roofer and refuse collector. He claimed he was not living a "lavish" lifestyle and the only luxurious item he purchased was the watch, which he described as a "lapse in judgement".
