A Luton drug dealer who became a cocaine user during the Covid pandemic was jailed for 30 months on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
Jordan Scoon, 30, became involved with a gang on the Lewsey Farm estate when he was not working and was in debt, Luton Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Douglas Page said Scoon and a 16-year-old boy were seen on push bikes on December 2, 2020, watching the police raid the home of Clayton Newton, aged 22.
An officer recognised Scoon and went to arrest them, but he made off.
The 16-year-old, who had worked in Scoon’s gardening business, was arrested.
When the boy’s phone was examined it revealed Scoon’s involvement with the Gucci drug dealing line. The police arrested Scoon in Houghton Regis on March 10, 2021.
They found two sets of scales, empty drug deal bags and Kinder egg capsules that can be used to store drugs, said the prosecutor.
Scoon, of Hammer Court, Links Way, Luton appeared for sentence having pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin between October and December 2020.
He also admitted being involved in the supply of cannabis. He had 20 convictions for 32 offences.
None were for the supply of drugs. Defending, John Lamb said Scoon had been making progress since the commission of the offences, which were nearly two years ago.
He said: “His involvement arose as a result of using cocaine himself. He developed a significant cocaine habit during Covid. He was not able to work, got into debt and became involved.”
Mr Lamb said Scoon had a desire to change his ways. He said he was helping his mother who had motor neurone disease and he had recently become a father.
His intention was to move away from the Luton and Houghton Regis area, he said.
Jailing him, Judge Alan Blake said: “You involvement was on the periphery of a gang in Lewsey Farm.
“Your first came to the police attention when they organised a raid on December 2, 2020 on the co-defendant’s address. “
He said that although he had not been responsible for the boy being recruited into drug dealing he noted the youth had worked in his gardening business.
The judge said Scoon had “an unenviable record,” but said he hoped that the birth of his child means he can take a new direction in his life.
Newton, of Anmer Gardens, Luton, who is currently serving eight years and three months for a stabbing, is due to be sentenced on October 19, for drug offences.
His lawyer was not available at court because of the barristers’ strike.
