A local man was today jailed for five years at Bournemouth Crown and County Court after supplying a police operative with class A drugs on two separate occasions.
Michael Francis McDermott pleaded guilty to charges of supplying heroin to a police officer on both the 1st and 20th of March, which totalled almost 400mg of 51% and 45% pure heroin.
McDermott was caught out in the new police initiative, Operation Quarrel.
Which puts police operatives onto the street, posing as addicts to try and catch low-level dealers.
McDermott is no stranger to criminal activity, with 28 convictions for 53 offences before today and a sentence of five years imprisonment in 1995 for an almost identical offence of supplying class A drugs, again Heroin.
The defence tried to convey a picture of a man ‘on the road to recovery’ pleading for a ‘reasonable and viable alternative,’ to prison.
Defence barrister Charlie Gabb claimed that ‘at 43, if there’s ever to be a time for reform it is now’ adding ‘Mr McDermott could be paying taxes as apposed to sucking them up.
Judge John Harrow retorted by saying, ‘dealers of class A drugs must expect to go to prison, there will be credit for the early guilty plea and tackling your addiction, but prison is the first stop.’
The Judge then went on to give McDermott two-and-a-half years for each offence, totalling five years, to serve at minimum, half of that.
As McDermott was lead away he called ‘see you later love’ to his attending spouse.
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