http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-drug-dealing-taxi-driver-6952021Police found two bags of cocaine in Ramon Williams' cab after stopping him over broken tail light.
A taxi driver who was caught dealing drugs around Liverpool's clubland was jailed.
Ramon Williams, 32, was stopped by police while driving his private hire taxi at the junction of Duke Street and Slater Street on February 21 last year because he had a broken rear light.
But the officers became suspicious of him and when he was searched he was found to have two bags of cocaine on him split into 1g and half a gram deals.
Christopher Taylor, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court the drugs weighed a total of 15.48g and were worth up to £774 at street level.
Williams, of Garmoyle Road, Wavertree, pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
The court heard he had a previous conviction for dealing dating back to 2002 for which he had spent time in a young offenders institution.
David Evans, defending, said Williams had a young son who was autistic and relied on him for support and that he had only been dealing to pay off his own £2,000 drug debt.
He added it was: "A decision he now bitterly regrets."
Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "You were in fact plying two trades. One the trade of a taxi driver, the other the trade of the drug dealer. In the court's judgement that is a acute aggravating factor. You were in fact hiding behind the legitimacy of your business."
Judge Aubrey jailed Williams for three years and ordered the Crown Prosecution Service to find out if he disclosed his previous convictions before he got his taxi license, as he claimed, and if so why he was allowed to work as a taxi driver.
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