A DRUG dealer who ignored the terms of his suspended prison sentence has been jailed for a year after asking a judge to send him down.

Faheem Akhtar, 19, of Madison Avenue, Tong, Bradford, had his 12-month sentence suspended for two years in January after admitting possessing class A drugs with an intent to supply.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Akhtar had only completed five-and-a-half hours of a 200-hour unpaid work requirement, and had not attended any appointments with the probation service since first breaching his sentence in June.

His barrister, Abigail Langford, said to Judge Jonathan Rose on Akhtar’s behalf: “He accepts it will be custody and invites your honour to do so.”

Judge Rose told Akhtar: “You were given an opportunity and you didn’t take it. You’ve run out of options now, you will go to prison for 12 months.”