A drug dealer had to be moved to three separate cells after defecating in his hands and smearing it across the rooms.
Connah Rutledge, 26, of Alnwick Drive, Ellesmere Port was arrested after his phone number was identified and found to be used as a graft phone to send messages to multiple people advertising the sale of crack cocaine and heroin. He was arrested at his property on September 9 while on prison licence.
Rutledge was also found on CCTV footage from August 27, which showed him topping up the phone at a supermarket near to where he was staying at the time. When brought into police custody, he was moved to three different cells due to defecating in his hands and smearing it.
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He was charged and pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. At Chester Crown Court on Thursday, October 6, he was sentenced to 45 months in prison.
PC Lee Ashbrook, of Ellesmere Port local policing unit, said: “Once Rutledge’s number was identified as being used as part of county lines criminal activity and checks were carried out on CCTV showing footage of him using the mobile phone, he was swiftly arrested.
“Rutledge is an example of how we will identify and seek out individuals who work with organised crime groups to supply class A drugs to users in order to make a profit. If you believe drug activity is occurring in your community please report it via our website or by calling 101.”
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