Barber offered to supply uncut drugs
A BARBER who offered to supply a customer uncut cocaine while giving him a haircut has been jailed for three years.
Craig Tamlym made the offer at his shop in Speedwell after hearing the man openly discussing drugs on the phone – not realising that he was actually an undercover police officer.
Bristol Crown Court heard that Tamlym, 31, first met the officer, who he knew as Amin, at the Cross Hands pub in Fishponds. Amin then visited Tamlym for a haircut at his shop, Craig's Barber's, in Duncombe Road, Speedwell.
Derek Perry, prosecuting yesterday, said that during one visit to the barber's shop Amin received a telephone call, in which he openly discussed cannabis. He and Tamlym, right, chatted about drugs availability in Bristol and the topic moved on to cocaine.
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Mr Perry said: "Amin pretended to be used to buying drugs. Amin said he found, in Bristol, the quality of cocaine to be poor.
"Mr Tamylm commented that he knew it was possible to get pure cocaine for £2,000 an ounce."
The court heard Tamlym supplied a small test deal of cocaine to Amin, which was actually just eight per cent pure.
So began a series of deals in which Tamlym supplied the officer either alone or with one of two friends, Paul England, middle, and, on one occasion, Bradley Pearcy, right.
Some 15 months after the transactions, police swooped and found Tamlym with 5.8g of cocaine at his property.
Tamlym, of The Reubins, Speedwell, pleaded guilty to six counts of supplying a Class A drug and one of possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply.
England, 29, of Glenroy Avenue, Kingswood, pleaded guilty to three counts of supply.
Pearcy, 23, of Derwent Road, Speedwell, pleaded guilty to a single supply charge.
Recorder Christopher Parker QC jailed Tamlym for three years, England for two years and eight months, and Pearcy for two years.
Robert Duval, defending Tamylm, said his client supplied 71.6g of cocaine over two months.
He said his client was a naïve young man with limited common sense, and whose barber's shop had now closed.
Giles Nelson, defending England, and Timothy Rose, defending Pearcy, said their clients had lesser roles.
Mr Rose said: "Amin was not posing as a user. He was posing as somebody who wanted to sell on as a dealer."
Recorder Parker told the men: "All three of you became involved in the supply of a Class A drug. It appears that your involvement and the police operation was limited to the few transactions on the indictment."
Comments
by whammmy
Wednesday, October 03 2012, 3:55PM
“Nice bit of police work to be honest...
I know barbers are supposed to offer 'something for the weekend' but this takes the biscuit!”
by Lone_Ranger
Sunday, September 16 2012, 7:16PM
“He's not been stitched up. He 's a self-confessed drug dealer.”
by beanymo
Sunday, September 16 2012, 6:26AM
“I do feel sorry for this man he's been stitched right up
It must be hard for the undercover officer too I suppose he's got a duty to drop people in it even if he is pretending to be mates with them”
by Joolsforty
Saturday, September 15 2012, 3:23PM
“If you have any doubts on just how much the Police lie and how long they can carry it on then look no further than the events now unfolding about the Hillsborough disaster
I DO know and personally know serving Police who allow some to deal so that they catch some small fry and keep the county drug stats up. They have targets as an area salesman does. There are seriously bad people who are left alone as the serious crimes dept let them
Be. This guy is a nobody who was , at worst, misguided. He should have been picked up
On it immediately and not wait as they did. Bristol and Kingswood where this guy comes from is awash with low grade ****. I am
Not condoning it but it is a serious waste of the tax payers money and a ridiculous sentence when a community service order would have been more effective.
I will never understand why the big outfits are left to carry on. There is serious rot at the very core of our Policing system.
This is a truly pathetic story and shows the inadequacies of what is happening on our streets now”
by MyWiseWords
Friday, September 14 2012, 6:31PM
“Yet again the Bristol Evening Post wrote the wrong headline!! Chatting PURE nonsense!!
Barber cuts 8% coke!! Undercover officer try's and buys!!
Is a better description for this story!!”
by MyWiseWords
Friday, September 14 2012, 6:15PM
“Lone_ranger I did not say what he done was right and my him pleading guilty he knows he have done wrong?? I just wanted to make the point that this case has been a complete waste of police time and resources ' honey trap' springs to mind!! He don't sound like the sterotipical drug dealer, there was no evidence of him supplying anyone else!! Therefore the police just bite of the hand that fed them instead of looking higher up the food chain!!
As for the accusations!! Where have u been living for the last century there's corruption in every organisation including the police!! Here are a few more to jog ur memory the government, the media, FIFA, the fa, the education system, royal mail, even ur local supermarket the list is end less have u never heard the saying it's not what u know it's who u know??”
by Lone_Ranger
Friday, September 14 2012, 5:06PM
“MyWiseWords, he was dealing drugs and pleaded guilty to it so your illiterate defence of your friend doesn't really hold water.
You also make strong allegations against the Police in general and those involved in this case in particular. I assume you have evidence to backup these accusations?”
by Ourbads
Friday, September 14 2012, 4:54PM
“Apart from his name is Pearcy, and it's his surname.
Should of got more than three years. Trying to pass off 8% as pure is outrageous.”
by MyWiseWords
Friday, September 14 2012, 4:48PM
“Set up!! Like ur title said offered uncut cocaine!! If I offered to stick my finger up ur ass to that mean rape?? This man had his own business there for he's a grafter!! The police most proberly had him under servailance for all those months not once do it mention him supplying and one else!! They were more likely to be recreational drug users thereselves and there for knew where to get it from, So when the undercover officer wanted what he could get he just seen a quick buck!! This do not sound like Craig and the others pushed the drugs on him!! Instead of wasting months of the police resources of the 8% pure little fish!! They should be using the efforts on getting the 100% pure at the top of the food chain!! But no they don't get caught cos the police are on there payroll!!”
by Tody123
Friday, September 14 2012, 4:47PM
“5.8g of cocaine at his property?
If his stuff was 8% cocaine , then surely he only was in possession of less than 1/2 a gram ?, or about £15 worth lol”