James Byott from Vauxhall has been sentenced to 12 years for supplying class A drugs and five years and four months for facilitating child exploitation. This follows Merseyside Police's Operation Toxic, targeting county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation.
A man has been jailed following an investigation into modern day slavery and drug supply offences. James Byott, of Heriot Street, Vauxhall , was jailed for 12 years for being concerned in the supply of class A drugs . The 31-year-old also received a five year four month concurrent sentence for modern day slavery and was given a 10-year slavery and trafficking prevention order. The charges come following a Merseyside Police investigation called Operation Toxic.
The three men sentenced in December were Graham McEvoy, 19, of Market Street, Newton-le-Willows, Lewis Davies, 20, of no fixed abode but formerly of Clarence Street and Newton-le-Willows and Keane Mulligan, 19, of Vincent Street, St Helens . Detective Sergeant Peter Sloan, said: “County Lines gangs have no regard for the young, vulnerable people they coerce in to running drugs across the country, often with threats of violence and intimidation.
MODERN SLAVERY DRUG SUPPLY COUNTY LINES CHILD EXPLOITATION OPERATION TOXIC
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