


"Wilson had sent a message to Podmore which said, 'Coming out to do shots', which means sell drugs.

"The second video showed someone, we say Wilson, with the same pair of Nike gloves, holding a large white substance wrapped in cling film. The cooking utensils were still there when police went in the house. One showed the cooking of crack cocaine in his kitchen. "Wilson's phone showed two videos involving cocaine. He had one wrap of heroin, one wrap of cocaine and £368.55. "The defendants accompanied the police back to Wilson's address where it was searched. Wilson smelt of cannabis and was wearing distinctive black Nike gloves. Wilson was in the front and Podmore in the back. Mr Wallace said: "It was stopped and they were detained. Prosecutor Andrew Wallace told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court police observed the defendants leave Wilson's address in Ladysmith Road, Shelton, on December 16 and get into a taxi. Now Wilson has been locked up for three-and-a-half years in a young offenders' institution, while Podmore was sentenced to five-and-a-half years detention. Podmore was found with a couple of wraps in his pocket and £368.55 and his phone also contained messages linking him to the supply of drugs.Īnd he returned to dealing heroin and cocaine in January, just weeks after being released on bail. Police found more than £15,000 worth of cocaine at Wilson's Shelton home as well as £620 worth of heroin and £1,265 worth of cannabis.Īnd his phone had a message linking him to the supply of drugs and two videos - one showing crack cocaine being cooked in his kitchen and the other with a man, believed to be him, holding a large block of a white substance. Kyle Wilson, aged 18, and 19-year-old Thomas Podmore both got caught up in the murky world of supplying heroin and cocaine in Stoke-on-Trent. Two teenagers described as 'frontline dealers' have been jailed for a total of nine years after they were caught with £17,000 of drugs.
