Drug dealer caught with cannabis during police raid, Sheffield court hears

A drug-dealer has been spared from jail after he was caught with cannabis at his home during a police raid.
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Sheffield Crown Court heard on June 17 how Declan Lycett, aged 25, of Pearson Crescent, Wombwell, Barnsley, was found with 3.24 grammes of the class B controlled drug in a bag and another 27.4 grammes in a box at his home.

Louise Gallagher, prosecuting, said police searched the defendant’s home and found the cannabis and scales and several notes labelled “money owed in” and “money owed out” and a third note with names and money due and this was described a tick-list.

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Officers also seized phones, according to Ms Gallagher, scales, a grinder and cash and the phones revealed texts which were consistent with supplying drugs to customers.

A drug-dealer has been given a suspended prison sentence at Sheffield Crown Court after police found cannabis at his home.A drug-dealer has been given a suspended prison sentence at Sheffield Crown Court after police found cannabis at his home.
A drug-dealer has been given a suspended prison sentence at Sheffield Crown Court after police found cannabis at his home.

Ms Gallagher said: “The Crown would say he was a low-level street-dealer of cannabis.”

She added that police returned to the property another time and recovered another bag of 2.26 grammes of cannabis, two more phones and 8.34 grammes of class A controlled drug crystal MDMA.

Lycett pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis and to possessing cannabis with intent to supply after the raid in September, 2018, and also admitted possessing cannabis and MDMA after the search in October, 2018.

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The defendant also admitted unlawfully escaping from custody after police had arrested him in August, 2019, and he fled from a police vehicle and was found four hours later.

The court heard police recovered £500 worth of drugs and £730.96 in cash which will be considered as part of a possible Proceeds of Crime Act application.

Amy Earnshaw, defending, said Lycett is working and she urged any custodial sentence be suspended due to the delays in bringing the case to a conclusion.

Judge Rachael Harrison acknowledged Lycett has no convictions prior to this offending and he has got himself back on track and there was a delay in concluding the case through no fault of the defendant’s.

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Lycett was sentenced to 14-months of custody suspended for two-years and he was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and was given a four-month curfew.

But Judge Harrison warned Lycett that if he breaches the suspended sentence he will go to prison.