Little Horton man dealt drugs from hired Mercedes-Benz (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Little Horton man dealt drugs from hired Mercedes-Benz

3:17pm Wednesday 27th May 2009 in

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A 20-year-old man caught peddling heroin has been spared custody after his life was devastated by a traumatic road crash.

Rizwan Najib, of Sawrey Place, Little Horton, Bradford, was told by a judge he was free to go at a sentencing hearing at Bradford Crown Court today.

Najib pleaded guilty to possessing heroin with intent to supply and possessing £680 drugs money last June.

The court heard he was selling drugs on Bradford streets in a hired Mercedes-Benz.

Najib told police he was dealing for two weeks to discharge a debt. He asked to be kept in custody pending sentence for his own protection.

The judge, Recorder Bernard Gateshill, said Najib was physically and psychologically frail after the accident.

He sentenced him to a 12-month community order with an Intensive Alternative to Custody course and supervision.

“There is little risk of you reoffending. You are free to go,” the judge told him.