Smirking drug dealer sold ‘herbal diazepam’ from his bedroom and hired his mum to do the ‘bookkeeping’

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A man who ran a drug dealing business selling ‘herbal diazepam’ hired his mum to do the 'bookkeeping’. Michael King, 31, managed the business from the bedroom of his family home.

After a police search of the property, officers found over 2,000 Etizolam tablets worth a total value of £12,000, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. READ MORE: Touching tribute to 'proud dad and grandad' who died in a crash while working away They also found cash boxes, expensive handbags and drug paraphernalia in his mum Debbie Hayward's bedroom.

Police recovered King’s mobile phone and found messages indicating he was drug dealing, which included debtors lists and him describing the quality of the drugs as ‘sick’.

His stepfather, Michael Hayward, 39, helped with delivering the drugs, and Debbie, 55, assisted with negotiating the payments, the court heard.