Drug dealer has sentence more than doubled
Drug dealer who supplied heroin and cocaine in the Worcester area will spend longer in prison.
A drug dealer who supplied heroin and cocaine has had his sentence more than doubled following a hearing at the Court of Appeal on 17 February 2023 under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and will now serve 6 years and 3 months in prison.
O바카라 사이트™Neil Pendley, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Pendley dealt heroin and cocaine on the streets in the Worcester area and has previous relevant convictions for drug offences.
Pendley was originally sentenced to 2 years and 9 months바카라 사이트™ imprisonment at Worcester Crown Court on 09 December 2022.
The Solicitor General Michael Tomlinson KC MP then referred Pendley바카라 사이트™s sentence to the Court of Appeal because he believed it was unduly lenient.
Speaking after the hearing at the Court of Appeal today, the Solicitor General said:
The class A drugs that Pendley supplied are dangerous and ruin lives.
I welcome the Court바카라 사이트™s decision to order Pendley to serve a longer prison term, and hope the new sentence sends a clear message that the money made from dealing drugs will never be worth the punishment.