Kirkby drug dealer caught with £12,000 of cannabis, Rolex watches and designer clothes
A Kirkby drug dealer who was caught with £12,000 of cannabis, Rolex watches and designer clothes has been spared from serving an immediate prison sentence because of his previous good character.
A search warrant was executed at Kane Parsons' home where nearly 1.2 kilos of cannabis were discovered which would fetch £11,785 if sold in one gram deals, on November 29, 2024, said Lowri Butterworth, prosecuting.
Officers also found £1,400 in cash, three Rolex watches, and designer clothes, along with mobile phone evidence he had been involved in class B drug dealing for about a year.
Messages asking him if he could do “ticks” as well as repeated requests for ounces and references to different strains of cannabis were uncovered on his phones, as well as a conversation between him and another man about deals worth a total of £150,215.
There were references to kilogram drug deals and one message referred to him being owed £34,000, between November 2023 and September 2024.
Nottingham Crown Court heard he has no previous convictions and only one caution for possessing cocaine from 2023.
Harris, mitigating, said: "It is not easy. On the one hand, you have a relatively young man who has done the right thing by pleading guilty.
On the other hand the amounts of drugs were significant, he conceded.
Parsons, aged 29, of Sorrel Drive, Kirkby, admitted possession with intent to supply class B drugs, being concerned in the supply of cannabis and acquiring criminal property, when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates Court, on November 27, last year.
“No one I am going to deal with today has come as close to custody as you," Judge Michael Auty KC told him on Wednesday, March 11.
"There has been no repetition and you have no previous convictions," he said. "That is powerful mitigation. You are not a dangerous person.
"You are not someone who society needs to be protected from at all costs.
"You may count yourself, Mr Parsons, a very fortunate man."
He sentenced Parsons to two years in prison, suspended for 24 months, with 200 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days.
“I am satisfied this was bulk dealing for over a year and you reaped significant profits,” the judge told him.