Sentencing of Wigan drug gang delayed for eight months as co-accused's trial is held up

The trial of a Wigan man who denies stealing pharmaceuticals has been delayed until the autumn.
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Lee Standen, 41, of Liverpool Road, Hindley, had been due to face a jury at Bolton Crown Court this month, but the 10-day hearing has now been postponed until October 16 because a jury was not available.

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At the conclusion of the trial six men will be sentenced for drug offences.

Six men are awaiting sentence for drug peddling crimes at the end of Standen's trialSix men are awaiting sentence for drug peddling crimes at the end of Standen's trial
Six men are awaiting sentence for drug peddling crimes at the end of Standen's trial

They are Nathan Hart, 32, of Warrington Road, Abram; Dean Smallwood, 42, of Land Gate Lane, Bryn; Jamie Kenny, 32, of Ashwood Avenue, Abram; Daryl Golding, 36, of Brookland Avenue, Hindley, Sam Causer, 32, of Egerton Street, Abram; and Leon Kenny, 31, of Warrington Road in Abram.

All of them have previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to acquire or possess criminal property and conspiring to supply controlled drugs.