Post by Administrator on Feb 2, 2010 8:37:11 GMT
ANDY GALVIN'S LONDON TRACKS WERE CRAYFORD, HACKNEY, WIMBLEDON AND ARENA ESSEX/LAKESIDE HAMMERS:::
FROM THE SOUTH LONDON PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010:
A DRUG courier who collected cocaine worth £62,500 hidden in a hollowed loaf of bread
has been jailed for two years.
Former speedway rider Andrew Galvin was caught as he left a property being watched by police.
The 44-year-old said he was set to be paid £250 for job to help him with “money worries”.
Jonathan McGarry, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court he was seen going into the address in Wordsworth Road, Walworth, on the evening of November 4, last year.
The barrister said: “He had gone to an address being kept under observation by police.
“Twenty minutes later he left with a Tesco bag which he had not been carrying when he arrived in an L-Reg Mercedes.
“Officers found £1,254 cash in his car and they were not satisfied with his explanation for it.
“They seized the Tesco bag and found the loaf of bread had been hollowed out and filled with 249g of cocaine at 67 per cent purity.”
Mark Stevens, defending, said Galvin’s greatest concern about his “terrible crime” was the “turmoil he has caused his family”.
The court heard Galvin stopped racing after an horrific accident and now has “absolutely no assets”.
Judge Duncan Matheson said he had received a series of “quite touching references” from family and friends.
Passing sentence on Friday the judge said: “It is a serious offence which carries a very long sentence at higher levels, but this is not at that level.
“I have no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence, not least as a deterrent.”
Galvin, of Deborah Close, Whitstable, Kent, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
FROM THE SOUTH LONDON PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010:
A DRUG courier who collected cocaine worth £62,500 hidden in a hollowed loaf of bread
has been jailed for two years.
Former speedway rider Andrew Galvin was caught as he left a property being watched by police.
The 44-year-old said he was set to be paid £250 for job to help him with “money worries”.
Jonathan McGarry, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court he was seen going into the address in Wordsworth Road, Walworth, on the evening of November 4, last year.
The barrister said: “He had gone to an address being kept under observation by police.
“Twenty minutes later he left with a Tesco bag which he had not been carrying when he arrived in an L-Reg Mercedes.
“Officers found £1,254 cash in his car and they were not satisfied with his explanation for it.
“They seized the Tesco bag and found the loaf of bread had been hollowed out and filled with 249g of cocaine at 67 per cent purity.”
Mark Stevens, defending, said Galvin’s greatest concern about his “terrible crime” was the “turmoil he has caused his family”.
The court heard Galvin stopped racing after an horrific accident and now has “absolutely no assets”.
Judge Duncan Matheson said he had received a series of “quite touching references” from family and friends.
Passing sentence on Friday the judge said: “It is a serious offence which carries a very long sentence at higher levels, but this is not at that level.
“I have no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence, not least as a deterrent.”
Galvin, of Deborah Close, Whitstable, Kent, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply.