Drug dealer Manwar Khan, 48, resident of Bedsit in Braybrook Court has been jailed for 2 year and 8 months after he reached court so late that court had issued an arrest warrant for him.

When he turned up late, explained to judge David Hatton QC that “I just woke up a bit late” the defendant told him from the dock.

The court heard that Manwar Khan, and co-accused Faheem Akhtar, 18, resident of Talbot Street, Listerhills, Bradford, were caught red-handed while drug dealing in Braybrook Court, Manningham, Bradford, at 7.50 pm on July 7 2016.

Faheem Akhtar was holding a bag with 7 wraps of heroin, and 28 wraps of crack cocaine, worth almost £500.

Both Manwar Khan and Faheem Akhtar were found guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine.

Faheem Akhtar who had no previous convictions and was 17 years old at that time, received suspended sentence of 12 months in a young offender institution, for 2 years, with 200 hours of unpaid work, and 2 month electronically monitored curfew and a rehabilitation activity requirement with the probation service.

Manwar Khan has been jailed for 32 months at Bradford Crown Court.