Teen caught selling drugs armed with knife after stabbing punishment is jailed
A teenager caught selling drugs armed with a knife less than two months after being punished for a stabbing has been locked up for four years.
Jolean Gordon was spotted by a neighbour carrying out the deal in the back of a stationary car, a judge heard.
The 19-year-old saw the woman watching from her doorstep and made a gun gesture with his hand and 'fired' at her, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
Mr Philip Beardwell, prosecuting, said: "She saw a man get into the car and the exchange of drugs take place in the the vehicle.
"He saw her standing at her front door, pointed at her, then made the shape of a gun with his hands and pulled a thumb down to make it look like it was being fired. Then he smiled at her.
"She was petrified thinking that he was implying she would be killed if she said anything about what she had just seen."
But that did not stop Mrs Carol Dickens calling police and making a statement detailing what had happened, the court was told.
The car was being driven by 30-year-old Adam Jones who had answered a plea from Gordon asking to be taken to an appointment with a probation officer, it was said.
On the way Jones was told to pull in at Crabbe Street, Lye where the drug deal took place around 2.20pm on March 12, said the prosecutor.
Later that day – after police had been alerted – officers spotted the car in Broom Close, Halesowen.
Mr Beardwell disclosed: "It tried to drive away but was stopped when police smashed the windows of the vehicle."
They found 31 wraps of heroin, 49 of crack cocaine and loose change on the back seat where Gordon had been sitting.
Gordon, from Yardley Crescent, Great Barr, admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine with intent, intimidating a witness and possession of a knife.
Mr Gulum Ahmed, defending, said: "The gun gesture was a foolish and stupid act that had a profound effect."
Gordon received four years detention – including the activation of the suspended sentence – while Jones of Furnace Hill, Halesowen, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack and heroin and was given 16 months jail suspended for two years with £600 costs.
Judge Robin Onions recommended that Mrs Dickens should receive a High Sheriff Commendation.
He said: "The lady showed commendable determination and not a little courage.
"It would have been so tempting for her to give in to bullying."
