Judge tears into Leeds dealer for 'peddling filth'

A judge tore into a drug dealer who was caught twice by police, telling him he deserved jail for "peddling filth".

- by Nick Frame

Liam Craven had been selling cannabis but, having been released under investigation, was then found to be trading in crack cocaine a year later. He was jailed at Leeds Crown Court after Recorder Tony Watkin told him: "Your first offence should have acted as a clarion call to you. It was not, it worked the opposite way. A year later you were out there on the street, peddling filth - Class A drugs to members of the public with all the misery it causes. You ignored the consequences of the misery it creates.