A law student who juggled his university studies with a profitable line in drug dealing has been jailed.
Brian Coughlan was about to start his second year studying law at Hertfordshire University when police found him riding his bike down the middle of the road, smelling of cannabis. After escorting him home they noticed a locked safe in his room. Coughlan handed over the key when the police asked for a look, a mistake he might not have made if he'd spent more time studying PACE and less time delivering baggies to the understandably jaded citizens of Stevenage, Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City.
Inside the safe officers foundbeloved legal text books 30 wraps of cocaine, £845 in cash, cannabis, two sets of scales, two mobile phones and a knife. Coughlan's phones contained texts referring to deliveries of 'W',
which stood for white (cocaine) and 'B', which stood for brown
(heroin). So, nothing too damning.
To the envy of his tutorial group Coughlan was invited to take part in a real-life court case, where he plead guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. His barrister said Coughlan had made a “massive error of judgement”, and, having studied law, "now will never be able to practise”. Coughlan was sentenced to three years, while classmates faced the sobering prospect of EU law lectures without smack.
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Brian Coughlan was about to start his second year studying law at Hertfordshire University when police found him riding his bike down the middle of the road, smelling of cannabis. After escorting him home they noticed a locked safe in his room. Coughlan handed over the key when the police asked for a look, a mistake he might not have made if he'd spent more time studying PACE and less time delivering baggies to the understandably jaded citizens of Stevenage, Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City.
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Inside the safe officers found
To the envy of his tutorial group Coughlan was invited to take part in a real-life court case, where he plead guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. His barrister said Coughlan had made a “massive error of judgement”, and, having studied law, "now will never be able to practise”. Coughlan was sentenced to three years, while classmates faced the sobering prospect of EU law lectures without smack.
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