AN ADDICT who allowed his Bradford flat to be used as a fortified "crack house" failed to turn up for a pre-sentence report because he was being treated for leg wounds, a judge has been told.

Anthony Barraclough, 38, should have been sentenced by Judge David Hatton QC at Bradford Crown Court yesterday, but his solicitor advocate persuaded the judge to give him one last chance.

Arshad Mahmood explained to the court that Barraclough had been unable to attend an appointment for the report because he was still in hospital at the time.

"I have seen the wounds to his leg and they are fairly horrific," said Mr Mahmood.

Prosecutor Jayne Beckett conceded that Barraclough had been "put upon" by others to allow them to use his flat at Bolingbroke Court, Little Horton, and he was given wraps of Class A drugs.

Judge Hatton told a limping Barraclough he could have one further opportunity to get the report prepared and he would have to return to the crown court on February 5.

Last month a man and woman caught selling drugs through an iron gate at the fortified premises were jailed for a total of seven and a half years.

Amber Wainwright had banknotes stuffed in her bra when police raided the Incommunities flat.

There were 15 people in the bedroom at the property when the drugs squad swooped at midday on February 27, prosecutor Jayne Beckett said.

Wainwright, 45, of Grantham Terrace, Little Horton, and Barry Travis, 37, of Park Lane, Little Horton, were arrested along with the flat's tenant Barraoclough, now of Ormondroyd Avenue, Odsal, Bradford.

All three pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine.

Barraclough, a drug addict with a conviction for begging, was paid in wraps of class A drugs to allow the flat to be used as a crack den, the court was told.

Travis was jailed for a total of four years and nine months for drug dealing on three separate occasions.

Judge David Hatton QC told him: "You seemingly have no awareness of the misery your activities cause to others, and no doubt to yourself as well."

Wainwright, who was caught dealing with Travis on another occasion, was imprisoned for a total of two years and nine months.

Mrs Beckett told the court the police needed an angle grinder to break into the barricaded crack house.

Wainwright had a small amount of drugs on her, along with £500 in cash in her pockets and stuffed in her bra.

In May, Wainwright and Travis were stopped by the police outside a laundrette on Little Horton Lane with a bag containing 130 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin. They pleaded guilty to drugs supplying and possession of the drugs with intent to supply.

On August 11, Travis was caught street dealing in Little Horton and pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.

Travis had a previous conviction for drugs supplying, Mrs Beckett said.