Portsmouth Crown Court Sentencing Results

Officers conducted two search warrants at an address on Sackville Street in 2019 in connection with an investigation into the TJ drugs network operating in Portsmouth. The first search uncovered more than £2000 in cash, £1760 worth of cannabis, a significant quantity of crack cocaine and heroin as well as drug paraphernalia. Three phones were seized and analysed, one of which was the deal line for the TJ drugs network. In the second search, a second phone operating as the TJ deal line was discovered. Nicholas was arrested and later charged.

Aubin Hutchinson was part of a drugs network operating between Croydon and Havant and Waterlooville known as ‘God’, active since November 2018. On 12 May 2020, warrants were executed at his home address in Rigby Close, Croydon, and a barber shop owned by the brothers in Beluah Road, Croydon. Officers seized a mobile phone used to sell drugs, £17,000 in cash, a Green Lamborghini Spyder Gallardo convertible car worth approximately £100,000 and a White Mercedes A-Class.

Calvin Hutchinson was part of a drugs network operating between Croydon and Havant and Waterlooville known as ‘God’, active since November 2018. On 12 May 2020, warrants were executed at his home address in Rigby Close, Croydon, and a barber shop owned by the brothers in Beluah Road, Croydon. Officers seized a mobile phone used to sell drugs, £17,000 in cash, a Green Lamborghini Spyder Gallardo convertible car worth approximately £100,000 and a White Mercedes A-Class.

Claire Alderton used fabricated references, including fake emails, to secure a fundraiser position at a charity in June 2024. During her tenure she falsely claimed to have submitted vital grant applications. In December 2024 she told the charity she had been diagnosed with cancer and stopped attending work. The charity discovered no grant application had been made and that her referees had not written the references she provided.

On 4 January 2018, a PCSO spotted a black Audi A3 awkwardly reversing into another vehicle on The Firs, Gosport. Police searched the vehicle and found over £40,000 worth of individually wrapped heroin and crack cocaine. Curtis Long was charged with possession with intent to supply. He pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court on 26 March 2018. On 25 April 2018, he was sentenced to 58 months imprisonment. A forfeiture and destruction order was also issued for the drugs.

On Saturday 10 June 2023, at about 7:40am, Charlie Bedworth was speeding along the B2145 Selsey Road near Hunston, close to Chichester, in an Audi Q5. He failed to see a vehicle ahead indicating to turn right and swerved to avoid it, driving into the path of an oncoming black Kia Picanto, causing a head-on collision. The driver of the Kia, a 53-year-old man, suffered serious injuries and was flown to hospital, still requiring treatment and rehabilitation nearly a year later. Bedworth failed a roadside DrugWipe test for cocaine, and a subsequent blood test found 295 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 50 micrograms. He initially claimed he had not taken drugs and suggested his drink might have been spiked, but later declined to answer questions about drug use.

Charlie Jeacock was part of a drug ring operating out of Gosport, supplying heroin and cocaine. He was arrested in Portchester along with Lee Sheehan, found in possession of heroin and cocaine worth over £1,100 and £1,170 in cash. The wider operation under Hampshire Constabulary's Fortress campaign led to the seizure of drugs with a potential street value of over £150,000. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court.

On March 9th 2020, officers on patrol in Havant stopped a vehicle of interest in an ongoing drugs supply investigation. Dunning, who was driving, left the vehicle and fled the scene. He was located at his home address shortly afterwards. A search uncovered £112,660 in cash, 154.7g of cocaine, 2575g of ketamine, 1197g of MDMA and 5111g of cannabis, valued at approximately £192,510. Charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine, being concerned in the supply of ketamine, being concerned in the supply of ecstasy, being concerned in the supply of a controlled Class B drug and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property.

At 5:15pm on Tuesday 5 March officers from Portsmouth’s Priority Crime Team spotted two people acting suspiciously on the corner of Britannia Road North, suspected of waiting to purchase class A drugs. Kebba Faye was seen interacting with one of them before entering an address on Talbot Road for a matter of minutes and exiting. Officers tried to stop him in the street; he ran but was arrested. A sock containing 30-40 wraps of suspected class A drugs and £400 in cash were recovered along with a phone.

James Hallett was part of a drug gang operating mainly out of Gosport, involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine across South East Hampshire. The gang’s activities were uncovered by Hampshire Constabulary's Fortress campaign, with police seizing Class A drugs worth over £150,000 and £7,000 in cash. A sim card detailing drug dealing from October 2015 was found, along with benzocaine, heroin with a potential street value of £100,000, and 163g of 85% pure cocaine worth nearly £40,000 when cut. He was among five defendants sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court.

James Whistler was involved in a drug gang operating in Gosport, supplying heroin across South East Hampshire. Police uncovered the network as part of the Fortress campaign, seizing large quantities of Class A drugs worth over £150,000 and cash. The investigation revealed a sim card showing drug dealing from October 2015 and evidence of drug cutting. Sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court.

On 8 September 2016, PC Tom Wyld stopped and arrested Henderson in a car in the Newport area of the Isle of Wight, along with co-accused Timothy Morgan. A search of Henderson’s address at the time in Downsview, Sandown, and Morgan’s vehicle recovered a large quantity of drugs with an estimated street value of £2million, including high purity heroin and cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, amphetamine and khat. It was suspected the drugs were set to be dealt over the Bestival weekend.

O’Brien supported the wider drug supply operation. When officers carried out a warrant at his home in October 2025, he was found in possession of cocaine, cannabis and nitrous oxide in quantities worth tens of thousands of pounds at street value.

Lee Sheehan was part of a drug gang operating mainly out of Gosport, involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine across South East Hampshire. He was arrested in Portchester with Charlie Jeacock, caught with heroin and cocaine worth over £1,100 and £1,170 in cash. The wider police investigation under the Fortress campaign uncovered drugs worth over £150,000 and significant amounts of cutting agents and paraphernalia. Sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court.

Rawa Kader Ahmed, 31, of Shelby Road, Worthing, operated the Pop In shop on Littlehampton High Street. Between 21 July 2022 and 30 March 2023, he was involved in the fraudulent evasion of duty on tobacco products contrary to section 170(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. On another occasion, two cans of Gordon’s Pink Gin & Tonic (5% ABV) were sold to a child volunteer under the age of 18, leading to a charge under section 146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003. The offences were prosecuted by West Sussex Trading Standards. At Portsmouth Crown Court, he was found guilty and the judge highlighted his lack of remorse and previous similar offending in 2017.

Richard John Dexter met the victim via a dating app in May 2015 and established a trusting relationship. He deceived her into making high-value payments totalling £121,000 into his bank account over 14 months, plus a further £20,000, for non-existent biopharmaceutical technology schemes including patent catalogues and equipment development. He provided fake and doctored documents to officers, perverting the course of justice. Offences occurred between 1 May 2015 and 24 May 2017.

Rumi Chhapia, of Lennox Road North, Southsea, a former GP employed as clinical director for the Portsmouth Primary Care Alliance (PPCA), defrauded the organisation of £1,133,704.50 over 41 days from 21st August 2020 to 28th September 2020 across 64 transactions by transferring money from the Alliance’s account into two of his own private accounts whilst he had temporary access to the business’s bank account. He initially claimed to be a victim of hacking but later admitted responsibility following a voluntary interview.