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Scots drug dealer branded ‘utterly disgraceful’ after selling ecstasy tablets to kids, 12, for £10

Two schoolboys in the Borders fell ill after taking the drugs from Jake Moffett and had to be taken to hospital

A DRUG dealer who sold ecstasy tablets to two 12-year-olds has been slammed by a sheriff.

The schoolboys fell ill after taking taking the pills which contained compounds of the class A drug and were taken to hospital.

 A Scots dealer sold ecstasy tablets to two schooldys, 12, who ended up in hospital
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A Scots dealer sold ecstasy tablets to two schooldys, 12, who ended up in hospitalCredit: Alamy

Sheriff Donald Ferguson told Jake Moffett: "This was terribly dangerous and an utterly disgraceful thing to be involved in.

"It could easily have ended in tragedy.

"Young people die throughout the UK from a reaction to this sort of thing and you could have been involved in that."

Moffett pleaded guilty at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to a charge of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy between August and October.

 Sheriff Donald Ferguson branded dealer Jake Moffett 'utterly disgraceful' at Jedburgh Sheriff Court today
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Sheriff Donald Ferguson branded dealer Jake Moffett 'utterly disgraceful' at Jedburgh Sheriff Court todayCredit: Andy Barr - The Sun Glasgow

Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser said that he sold one ecstasy tablet for £10 to one of the youngsters at a park in Galashiels, Selkirkshire, on October 11.

He was found by his mother to be "physically shaking" in his home at 3am after taking the tablet and was taken to Borders General Hospital and detained for observation.

Another 12-year-old had to be taken to hospital after being supplied with a tablet by Moffett.


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Police obtained a search warrant for the 18-year-old's home in Crumhaugh Road, Hawick, Roxburghshire, where they found £220 in cash and 30 tablets which were found to be ecstasy.

Defence lawyer Ross Dow said: "This is a terribly concerning case.

"He stupidly agreed to look after the pills for someone else and when others found out about it they asked him for it.

"At the time he was 17."

Sentence was deferred for six weeks for a medical report to be obtained on Moffett's ability to carry out unpaid work.

Last week, an MSP warned Scotland was facing a "public health crisis" over the number of drug-related deaths.

Ross Finnie called for an immediate inquiry into the epidemic.

Speaking at First Minister's questions, the Green MSP said: "We're faced with a public health crisis.

"There were 934 deaths in 2017 and, sadly, everything suggests the figure for 2018 may be significantly higher."

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