A 35-year-old nightclub doorman has been jailed for a total of four years after being found guilty of possessing amphetamine sulphate with intent to supply it to others.

A jury at Bradford Crown Court took less than 20 minutes to convict Michael Kennedy on the three charges which followed a police raid on his home nine months ago. Giving evidence Kennedy accused police officers of lying about a raid which netted more than £5,000 worth of amphetamine sulphate.

The officers said they saw Kennedy throw a package containing the drugs from the side door of his semi-detached home in Fifth Avenue, Liversedge.

Kennedy admitted that he was a weekend user of "speed" and had been to a dealer's house to by some amphetamine shortly before the police raided his home last December. When police officers recovered the plastic bag from Kennedy's garden they found a box inside containing over 220 grams of amphetamine.

Kennedy told them he had never seen or touched the box, but yesterday he admitted that he had seen it and touched it at the dealer's house. He had admitted possessing a small quantity of amphetamine for his own use, but the jury found him guilty of having all the drugs with intent to supply.

During the raid police also recovered a club and a pick axe handle from Kennedy's car and the jury was informed that he had pleaded guilty to two offences of possessing offensive weapons at an earlier hearing.

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