TWO drug dealers have been jailed for running a Class A drug line in Slough.
Yasin Sharif, 28, of Kitchener Road, Slough, was jailed for 45 months after being charged with two counts of dealing heroin and cocaine between September 21 and November 15 last year.
His co-defendant Hamza Mohamed, of Waterbeach Road, Slough, was jailed for 33 months for the same two counts.
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The 25-year-old was also charged on four separate counts of assaulting emergency workers and failing to surrender for court bail and was sentenced for a further six months.
Prosecuting, Sarita Bashir said police were investigating a drug line in the Slough area. They found SMS messages sent from a number which read ‘best deals’ and were sent to 29 recipients.
Other messages, sent in bulk, also read ‘four fat bags’ and ‘four for 20’.
Sharif’s personal telephone was linked to the drug line and co-located with it and he was arrested at his home address where he was found attempting to destroy a SIM card.
Mohamed was acting as a runner for the line before he started sending messages from his personal number reading: “Active, bang bang, shout me.”
He was arrested in November last year but had previously been in custody on March 17 for assaulting a nurse at Wexham Park Hospital.
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His partner was in A&E and Mohamed, frustrated with the wait, began to shout at a nurse. He said: “F*** you b****” and spat in her face.
When he was arrested, he spat at three police officers. He was further charged for failing to show up to court for these offences.
Defending Sharif, his barrister said: “He’s a young man and not afraid of hard work. He’s aware his fledging career and plans will be enormously dented by this serious conviction."
Defending Mohamed, his barrister said: “He had a lot of financial pressures at the time and was told of work in which he could make money and was tempted to take that opportunity.
“It’s totally unacceptable behaviour and he can’t believe he’s behaved this way.”
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Sentencing Judge Kirsty Real jailed Sharif for 45 months on count one and 45 months concurrent for count two.
Mohamed received 33 months for count one and 33 months concurrent for count two. He received a six months consecutive sentence for the assault of the nurse and one month concurrent for each of the officers assaulted.
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