Leeds festival drug-dealing trio avoid prison sentence after four-year wait

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Three men have avoided jail for dealing drugs at Leeds Festival, almost four years after the offence took place:

The offence took place at the Leeds Festival, which took place in Bramham Park in August 2018.

Mitigating for Burton, his barrister told the court: “He fully appreciates the seriousness of those offences. He wants to turn back the clock, but he can’t.It was completely out of character and opportunistic. He added his client has been unable to start a family over the past four years due to the case hanging over him for so long.

The court heard that the three pleaded guilty on the day of their trial to supplying a controlled class A drug.

 

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