Teen dealer given chance to change

A TEENAGE crack dealer who rammed a car into a police van is being given a chance to see if he can change his ways.

- By GAVIN HAVERY

Teesside Crown Court heard police were called to reports of someone with a chainsaw cutting down a CCTV post on Saltersgill Avenue in Middlesbrough.

Leighton Finns-Gibbs used a Vauxhall Vectra car to push the police van around 10 feet on Novem ber 2, last year. The 19-year-old was caught as he tried to flee but the struggle left a police officer with a bruised arm, the court heard.

Prosecuting, Rachel Butt said: "A silver Vauxhall Vectra driven by the defendant arrived and was driven at speed towards the stationary police vehicle. The force used by the defendant pushed the vehicle forward around ten feet."

Finns-Gibbs, of Selkirk Close, Salt-

RAMMED POLICE CAR TO PAY OFF DRUG DEBT

ersgill, told police he did it because he was told a drug debt would be cancelled. He was arrested and was found to be in possession of cocaine.