Overview
- Judge Ayesha Smart sentenced the 34-year-old at Teesside Crown Court to 36 months in custody.
- Cleveland Police found about 10 grams of crack cocaine, roughly £1,500 in cash, three phones, scales, grip-seal bags and a dealer list during a November 25, 2024 raid.
- Messages on the seized phones recorded customer debts and attempts to recruit others to sell drugs.
- Speight initially tried to blame his mother and denied the offence before later pleading guilty at a pre-trial hearing.
- Defence cited a severe cocaine addiction with ADHD and depression verified in a medical report, and relatives called out to him as he left court.