Judge warns two drug offenders they face jail if they are caught again after cannabis was found at a South Yorkshire home

Dillon Newlove and Cameron Chambers, both aged 22, were found living at Newlove’s grandfather’s home on Kelvin Grove, Wombwell, Barnsley, with cannabis and dealer bags, according to a Sheffield Crown Court hearing on September 21.

Craig Lowe, prosecuting, said police had been carrying out a welfare check on Newlove’s grandfather when they found the defendants and could smell cannabis and discovered the drug in various locations with dealer bags and scales.

Judge Rachael Harrison told Newlove he had put an elderly member of his family in harm’s way and they had both shown a blatant disregard for the law.

She added: “If you do not do the orders I am making then whatever your excuses when you come back in front of me you will go to custody.”

Mr Lowe told the court a total of 204 grammes of cannabis was recovered valued at between £1,570 and £1,815.

Newlove, of Sefton Street, Leeds, and Chambers, of Ridgehill Avenue, Doncaster, who both have previous convictions, admitted possessing a class B drug with intent to supply after the police visit on April 30, 2018.

Judge Harrison sentenced them each to an 18-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work and a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.

She told them: “If you breach the orders you will come back in front of me and you will go to prison for nine months.”

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