Dad was 'nervous' talking to police... they saw whey when they found a loose panel in his car

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A ‘hardworking’ dad-of-five turned to drug dealing after Christmas in a bid to make some ‘quick money’. Dewayne Frater was spotted by police in a car in Longsight.

The grey Ford Focus which Frater had been sat in, days after Christmas last year, was found to contain cocaine, MDMA, cannabis and ketamine. “Following on from Christmas, he was offered the opportunity of making quick money,” his barrister Damien Zelazowski told Manchester Crown Court.

Frater, 34, avoided jail after a judge was told that he was ‘hard-working’ and supported his family through legitimate work as a delivery driver. READ MORE: 'You were simply not prepared to take no for an answer' Prosecutors told how Frater was noticed by police officers who were on patrol on Hathersage Road on December 28, 2023.

The police had intelligence that the grey Ford Focus in which Frater was sitting alone in had been linked to ‘occupants carrying weapons’. “Of course that was found not to be the case,” prosecuting barrister Nick Roxborough said.