Young drug dealer back in court after narrowly avoiding custody last time

21-YEAR-OLD TOLD 'THIS IS THE VERY LAST CHANCE THAT YOU GET' AFTER ADMITTING NEW OFFENCES

- By MARK NAYLOR

A YOUNG drug dealer who narrowly avoided custody after being part of a £1.5m county lines gang ended up in trouble again for new cocaine, ketamine and cannabis offences.

Asher Buckingham was a passenger in a car that was being chased by the police when he suddenly threw two mobile phones out of a window onto a grassed embankment of the M62. They were later found and were linked to drug dealing.

He had previously got caught up in two other sets of drug offences, including a county lines drugs network, Hull Crown Court heard.

Buckingham, 21, formerly of Queensgate Street, off Boulevard, west Hull, admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between June 22 and 26 and possessing cannabis on June 25.

Mollie Briggs, prosecuting, said that police tried to stop a BMW car on the M62 motorway between Howden and North Cave on June 25 but it sped off. Another man was the driver and Buckingham was the front seat passenger.

There was a chase and the car was driven dangerously. During the pursuit, police saw Buckingham throw two items out of the passenger window towards a grassed embankment. “The BMW came to a stop in a layby and both occupants were arrested,” said Miss Briggs.