Man jailed for supplying Perth prison inmates with drugs

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A man has been remanded in custody for supplying inmates at HMP Perth with drugs - including diamorphine - by throwing them over the prison wall.Jack Craig Boyd was taken away to a cell after sheriff Gillian Wade said she was not prepared to allow him his liberty after he admitted to being concerned in the supply of drugs.The 20-year-old pled guilty to throwing packages containing a variety of drugs over the walls of the Edinburgh Road jail three times within the space of six months.He admitted chucking two wraps into the jail on March 19, 2019 containing around six-and-a-half grammes of diamorphine, a class A drug, said to have a street value of around £300.Fiscal depute Alistair McDermid informed Perth Sheriff Court last week the amount could fetch as much as £1500 within the prison system.Boyd, who is from Coatbridge, also admitted throwing four wraps of cannabis, a class B drug, into the jail on the same day.

The amount was said to have a prison value of around £500.He further admitted chucking around 400 tablets of etizolam, a drug prescribed for insomnia, into the prison on February 4 or 5, 2019 and around another 200 tablets of the same drug on March 19.Mr McDermid said the pills were only worth somewhere between 50p and £1 each under normal circumstances but an amount like 400 could fetch up to £1000 in prison.Lastly Boyd further admitted to throwing around eight grammes of estazolam, a drug prescribed for sleeping disorders, over the walls of the jail on July 24.Defence solicitor Pauline Cullerton told the court Boyd, of Woodside Street, Coatbridge, was unemployed and in receipt of state benefits.Referring to his admission of being concerned in the supply of a class A drug sheriff Wade said she could see “no