Portsmouth Crown Court Sentencing Results

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.

Anthony Kelleher, 55, of Cosham, was a trusted member storing large amounts of cash and multi-kilo cocaine at his home. He collected and distributed large amounts of cocaine, made multiple trips to London to collect cocaine and transport over £200,000 cash, and delivered cocaine to Isaac Wyatt in Weston-Super-Mare. Part of Operation Graffiti investigating cocaine supply between February 11 and July 17, 2020.

Officers conducted two search warrants at an address 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.

Adrian Thompson, 35, of Little Dimocks, Balham, was identified as the main line holder for County Line ‘T’, facilitating the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in Portsmouth. On 15 December 2021, ANPR data tracked his vehicle from London to Portsmouth; officers stopped it upon entry to the city, arresting Thompson and another occupant. Five phones were found, including the ‘T’ line SIM card, 126 individual wraps of cocaine valued between £2,560 and £3,200, and two small packages of cannabis. A search of his home address revealed a large quantity of cash, drug paraphernalia and plastic bags containing razor blades. The investigation was part of Operation Orochi by Hampshire Constabulary and Metropolitan Police.

Billy Fitzearle was involved in a Gosport-based drug gang that supplied heroin and cocaine across South East Hampshire. Police investigations under the Fortress campaign uncovered Class A drugs worth over £150,000, along with cash, cutting agents, and mobile phone evidence of drug dealing dating back to October 2015. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court.

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 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 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 6 September, officers searched an address and a vehicle on Waverley Road, seizing a quantity of heroin, cocaine and Xanax. Daniel Thornton, 38, was arrested.

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.

David Brennan, 53, of Portsmouth, was a courier instructed to collect multiple kilograms of cocaine from London for transportation to Portsmouth for sale, and collected cash passed to supplier. Part of Operation Graffiti investigating cocaine supply between February 11 and July 17, 2020.

On Monday, 4 October, an off-duty police officer witnessed a suspected drugs deal taking place between two men in Percy Road, Southsea. Elliott Bonney entered an address in the same road, later left and got into the rear of a taxi on Fratton Road where he was arrested while trying to dismantle a Nokia phone. The phone was seized and found to hold a drug line used to send marketing messages advertising the sale of Class A drugs. Analysis confirmed drugs found were cocaine and heroin.

In March, undercover police officers in Portsmouth observed suspicious activity at York Place and followed two men to Centurion House on Cross Street. Both were arrested and searched, and a linked property was searched, uncovering heroin and crack cocaine valued at £7,590 and £2,239 in cash. Baldacchino later admitted possession with intent to supply the drugs and possession of criminal property.

Gavin Griffiths 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 Greater London.