Man jumped from bedroom window in Exeter to escape police

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Shaun Roberts tried to speed away from police in a car but crashed into railings. Roberts has been jailed for drug offences.

A drug supplier jumped out of the window and tried to run away when police raided a house in Exeter. Shaun Roberts made several trips delivering heroin and cocaine from London to the South West.

But when police executed a warrant at an address in the city he leapt from a bedroom window in a futile bid to escape. He tossed wraps of heroin in the garden as he ran but was arrested at the scene and his involvement was linked through DNA, car movements, and phone evidence.

Roberts was part of a county lines gang operating from a base in Arena Park in 2018 but has only just been sentenced in court for conspiracy to supply class A heroin and cocaine. Two co-defendants are still to be dealt with.

Prosecutor Mr. Peter Coombe said Roberts made seven return trips to Devon from London in May and June of 2018 using a hire car. He also visited Newquay in Cornwall. Police executed the warrant after seeing suspicious drug dealing activity involving a number of people and known local users.

After Roberts’ arrest police linked him to 11 wraps of heroin and 52 wraps of cocaine found in the bedroom. There was also more than £1,000 in cash.

When police analysed his phone they found bulk messages advertising drugs for sale had been sent. The prosecutor said Roberts had control of the phone and a prominent role in the operation.

Roberts, aged 25, also admitted a charge of dangerous driving relating to an incident in Birmingham when he ‘panicked’ and tried to outrun police but ended up crashing against railings.

Mr. Tristan Chaize, defending, said Roberts, of Greyhound Road, London, was just a courier acting under the instructions of others. Judge Timothy Rose said the offences were too serious for a suspended sentence. He disqualified him from driving for 18 months.

Author: Linda .R. Jones

London, UK

lindarj83@gmail.com

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