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Philip michael Quinn jailed for four and a half years


He was seen twice by police dealing in highly-addictive crack cocaine which the judge, Recorder Colin Burn, said caused nothing but misery.
He was also convicted of supplying another dealer with a rock of crack cocaine - who then handed it straight to undercover police.On sentencing Quinn the judge said: "The drug in which you dealt makes this a very serious matter.Philip Quinn
"As you heard during the trial, crack cocaine is a highly-addictive drug for which there is no medical substitute and causes great misery and no doubt a little profit to you."

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