Dad started 'drugs line' after crash

TWO YEARS IN JAIL FOR DEALER

- By RACHEL SMITH & OLIVIA WILLIAMS

A DAD started a drug dealing operation to cover his household expenses after a motorcycle crash left him unable to work.

In December 2023, Richard Roughley, 33, began selling cocaine from the family home he shared with his partner and two children.

However, on January 11, 2024, police carried out a warrant at the property in Lea Crescent, Ormskirk, and discovered a glass jar containing two wraps of the class A drug. Officers also uncovered a tick list of people who owed him money and three mobile phones. One of the devices contained messages which revealed Roughley had been dealing cocaine for approximately three weeks, Preston Crown Court heard.