CRIME FILES: Three drug dealers jailed for selling heroin and cocaine in Worcester
The court heard how Haywood controlled the 'Avon' county drugs line where addicts were sent text messages in bulk advertising drugs for sale in Worcester and also the 'blue line' in Cheltenham, active there from May. Haywood also delivered a criminal phone from Birmingham to Bicester, seized during his arrest. The judge described his role as manning the county lines telephone number and contacting the street dealers in Worcester. Mark Thompson, for Haywood, said: "It's not his gang. He's not the head of it. He's vulnerable and he's been exploited through fear and through actual violence...