A rookie drug-dealer's academic career lies in tatters after he was locked-up for two years when undercover police caught him red-handed selling heroin and cocaine in a midnight street deal.
Lambeth College student Dominic Marfo, 19, of King George House, Stockwell Road, Stockwell had offers from four different universities to pursue a degree.
He pleaded guilty to possessing small amounts of the class A drugs, with intent to supply, in nearby Clapham, South-West London on August 8, last year.
Inner London Crown Court's annexe (pictured) heard plain-clothes officers - employed in an anti-drug operation - heard a scruffy male approach the defendant and shout: "Oi. Have you got it?"
The pair walked down a quiet side street where the male paid Marfo £50 for three wraps of heroin and three wraps of cocaine.
First-time offender Marfo was arrested and when his bedroom was searched police found all the usual evidence of drug-dealing; electric scales, clingfilm, plastic bags, rubber gloves and £140 cash.
When quizzed the defendant told officers: "You don't know how much pressure I'm under," claiming he was forced to the streets to repay a debt to a violent drug dealer.
Sentencing him to two years youth custody Judge John Wakefield told Marfo: "The police are doing their best to stamp out heroin and cocaine. Anyone who takes part in the trade must expect a severe custodial sentence."
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