A court regular who once accidentally shot his best friend dead is back in prison after being caught peddling misery on the streets of Wirral.
Carl Mello, 35, was heavily involved in running a drugs graft for an organised crime group based around the Ford estate in Birkenhead. The gang, which advertised crack and heroin on a phone known as the 'Macca Line', was infiltrated by undercover police officers, Liverpool Crown Court heard this week.
His offending for the drugs ring marked the latest in a two decade criminal career, marked with regular appearances in the dock. Mello, of Cheapside, Liverpool city centre, was already heavily involved in criminal activity when his most heinous offence took place on August 4, 2004.
