'Shame' of out of control cocaine dealer
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A court has been told how a man would spend a whole week’s wages on drugs as his habit got out of control.
Shaun Morris (32) would then sell cocaine to friends and acquaintances in an effort to fund his own habit, Inverness Sheriff Court heard last week.
But a police tip-off led to his home being searched and cocaine with a maximum value of £8700 being found.
The court heard officers had previously obtained a warrant to search Morris’s home in Hilton, Inverness.
On December 2 last year he was spotted in his car and police pounced.
Morris, now of Carbisdale Gardens, Inverness, admitted to officers he had cocaine in a drawer.
A total of 87 one-ounce wraps were found containing the class A narcotic.
His mobile phone also showed he was involved in selling drugs locally.
He appeared for sentence before Sheriff Gary Aitken who was told by defence agent Patrick O’Dea that his client was “at a crossroads in his life.”
He added: “He knows that a prison sentence is almost always given for an offence of this type. But he no longer wishes to consume Class A drugs or bring shame on himself or his family.”
The sheriff ordered him to carry out the maximum 300 hours of unpaid work as an alternative to prison.