Dealer flooded Southend with half a tonne of cocaine
She told the court the defendant has seven previous convictions for 23 offences including supply of Class A drugs, robbery and battery. Mitigating John Oliver told the court Henry-Flavien had been forced to supply drugs after becoming addicted to a drug known as spice while previously in prison and working up a debt. He said: “He started using spice and having any money to pay for it he got into debt and after he was released they started chasing him for the money and cited his mum’s address. “He got into the chain to pay back the debt and someone above him got the runners and h...