Addict faces jail for dealing

A HEROIN addict from Shetland has been warned he is likely to be given a lengthy jail sentence after he admitted supplying the Class A drug, when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday (Wednesday).

David Jamieson Inkster, of 24 Nederdale, Lerwick, was arrested when police searched a house at town’s Nordavatn last September.

They found 32 individual £20 wraps, along with a larger bag containing the drug, bringing the total to 25.5 grammes, with a street value in the isles of £3,570. They also recovered eight mobile phones, electronic scales, a quantity of small plastic bags and £595 in cash, all of which were forfeited.

Yesterday the 35 year old admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug between 1 July and 24 September last year.

Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie said Inkster was “indelibly involved in the drugs culture in Shetland, particularly the heroin culture”.

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Defence agent Tommy Allan said that Inkster had become an addict after spending nine months in jail in 1994 and had been battling with his habit ever since.

However since his arrest he had secured funding to go into rehab and Mr Allan asked for sentence to be deferred for that to be fully assessed.

Sheriff Graeme Napier gave Inkster bail and deferred sentence for four weeks for the preparation of background reports and for him to be assessed for a drug treatment and testing order. The sheriff added: “The most likely outcome is that you will be facing a fairly lengthy custodial sentence.”