RETIRED CABBIES’ SHAME 40 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR RETIRED YORKSHIRE CABBIE
WHO SUPPLEMENTED PENSION AS COCAINE COURIER
A retired cabbie has been jailed after he was caught with thous- ands of pounds worth of cocaine. Anthony Deegan, 69, became involved in shipping high-purity drugs from Lancashire to Yorkshire in his VW car, Leeds Crown Court heard. The vehicle was stopped by police on the M1 at Leeds in August. He confessed to officers im- mediately that there were drugs under the seat, prosecutor Satpal Roth-Sharma told the court. They found a Tesco carrier bag containing 247 grammes of cocaine. Tested, it was found to be 89 per cent pure with a street value up to £24,700.
They searched his home at Thorpe Willoughby in North Yorkshire, where they found more cocaine and 530 deals of crack cocaine worth a a total of up to £34,000. He lived alone and told police he met a former taxi customer several months ago who persuaded him to drive him to Manchester to retrieve a package.
He said the person then used his flat to weigh out cocaine, claiming the drugs found at his flat
belonged to that man. He admitted he completed four trips to Manchester and the journey on which he was stopped by police had been his first solo trip, after picking up a package at a Burger King in Salford. Deegan admitted possessing Class A drugs with an intent to supply. He has previous convictions for theft and fraud. Judge Tom Bayliss KC jailed him for 40 months saying: “You allowed yourself to be drawn into drug dealing in quite a significant way. It was clearly motivated by financial advantage, but you were a courier rather than a street dealer.”
86 MONTHS’ JAIL FOR RETIRED CABBIE FROM BRIDLINGTON WHO MOLESTED YOUNG GIRL
A pensioner used a creepy game called ‘hunt the thimble’ to molest a young girl. Retired taxi driver Michael Wilson insisted that the young girl hid the thimble on her body so that he could touch her while using the excuse that he was just trying to find the thimble, Hull Crown Court heard. He has now been jailed for seven years and two months after his victim and another girl he touched bravely came forward to provide statements to police. Wilson, 75, from Bridlington, admitted one offence of indecent assault against one of the girls and four against the other. Nicola Quinney, prosecuting, said the abuse was reported to Brid- lington police in December 2018. Wilson indecently touched one of
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the girls. “She did not say anything to anybody be- cause she was too frightened,” said Miss Quinney. He intimately touched the second girl while playing the “hide the thimble” game with her, said the prosecutor, “He would then look for it.” He lifted up her skirt while supposedly looking for the thimble. “She would protest saying that the thimble wasn’t in that area but he would continue to touch her in that area anyway,” said Miss Quinney. Wilson was arrested in April 2019. The first girl later said: “The impact of the childhood abuse on my life has been lifelong. I knew
something was wrong. I just felt physically sick and full of fear.” The second girl said that, as a direct result of Wilson’s actions, she had kept her guard up in life and become a solitary person. Richard Butters, mitigating, said that they were “dreadful offences” but they were isolated incidents. “There is no evidence of general offending.” Wilson made denials to the probation service but pleaded guilty “albeit far too late”, said Mr Butters.
Judge Sophie McKone told Wilson: “You have profoundly affected their lives.” Wilson will be on extended licence of one year after his release from prison. He will have to register as a sex offender for life.
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