Dealers who used vulnerable man's home in Cambridge to sell and take drugs jailed


Three people who were caught using a vulnerable man’s home in Cambridge to deal and take drugs have been sentenced. Police officers visited the home in Kingsway on May 30 last year due to concerns the resident was being cuckooed.

They found a man in his 60s inside, as well as two men and a woman who had no reason to be there. Officers discovered class A drugs including crack cocaine and heroin.

The house also contained mobile phones with messages linking to drug dealing, drug-related paraphernalia, cash and a knife. At Peterborough Crown Court on Wednesday, (September 18), 22-year-old Tarmani Carty from Crofton Lane in Orpington, London, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

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Roland Hare used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs
Roland Hare used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs -Credit:Cambridgeshire Police

At the same court on June 5, Roland Hare, 45, from Kingsway in Cambridge, was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

Aileen Grimewood, 42, from Ness Road in Burwell, was sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and being concerned in the offer to supply heroin.

Aileen Grimwood used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs
Aileen Grimwood used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs -Credit:Cambridgeshire Police

Sergeant Alice Jeffery, from the Cambridge neighbourhood policing team, said: “This trio worked their way into a vulnerable man’s home and used it as a base to supply and take class A drugs. We hope this conviction sends a clear message that we will not allow the exploitation of others.

"The information from the public around drugs supply plays an important role in helping to put those responsible before the courts.”

Tarmani Carty used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs
Tarmani Carty used vulnerable man's home to deal and take drugs -Credit:Cambridgeshire Police

You can report information to police online via this website, and more information on cuckooing can be found here.