Teenaged Wigan drug dealer is spared immediate jail term

A teenager who admitted to having four different banned drugs for peddling in Wigan has been given a suspended jail sentence.

By Post reporter

Published 16th Nov 2020, 13:10 BST

Updated 16th Nov 2020, 13:12 BST

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Thomas Kay, 19, of Woolton Close, Ashton, had been sent by Wigan justices to appear before a Bolton judge accused of possessing ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and skunk cannabis with intent to supply.

Pleading guilty to all four charges at an earlier hearing, he returned to the crown court to be sentenced to 24 months in prison for each of the offences. The sentences run concurrently and they are suspended for 18 months.

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