Piccadilly Gardens drug dealer banned from city centre to avoid 'temptation'

A drug dealer caught peddling crack cocaine in Piccadilly Gardens has been banned from the city to avoid ‘temptation’. Basha Norie, 23, was stopped by police in the gardens and found with £100 worth of the class A drug.

His lawyer did not challenge the banning order and Norie believes it will ‘help him moving forward’, Manchester Crown Court heard. “You recognise that coming to Manchester city centre is in a sense a temptation to you to deal in drugs,” Judge Nicholas Dean KC told him.“Sensibly, you are prepared to submit to a criminal behaviour order. You are not a sophisticated dealer in any way, shape or form.

He was searched and was found in possession of 10 wraps of crack cocaine, said to be worth £100 in total. Prosecutors applied for a criminal behaviour order, which will come into effect after he is released and will last for two years. Defending, Adrian Palmer said he did not oppose the order.

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