Jail for trio who flooded Burnley and Brierfield with heroin

Sabar Hussain, Stacey Jo Shackley and Neil Fraser Sabar Hussain, Stacey Jo Shackley and Neil Fraser

THREE drug dealers who supplied ‘significant amounts’ of heroin on the streets of Burnley and Brierfield have been jailed for a total of nine years five months.

Sabar Hussain, 32, from Chapel Street, Nelson, Neil Fraser, 30, from Padiham Road, Burnley and Stacey Jo Shackley, 22, from Grange Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty at Burnley Crown Court on Tuesday.

The trio were arrested on May 10 on Chapel Street, Brierfield, after they were seen acting suspiciously by officers from Pennine Divisions Targeted Crime Team (TCT).

They were interviewed and charged the following day.

Hussain was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drug heroin and money laundering.

Fraser was given one year and eight months after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and possession of an offensive weapon and Shackley was jailed for three years nine months after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin.

Sgt Martin Storey, from the TCT, said: “It was clear following the arrests that all three of the defendants played an important role in the distribution of significant amounts of heroin across the streets of East Lancashire and that they had been operating together for some time.”

In addition to the sentences handed out, officers from Burnley’s neighbourhood policing team obtained a Closure Order at a house on Grange Street, where some of the heroin had been distributed from.

The Order, which was granted by Burnley Magistrates means that the house will be closed for three months, during which time it will be an offence to remain in or enter the address.

Community Beat Manager PC Michelle Horne welcomed the closure order. She added: “The prison sentences, along with the closure order at the address will have a positive impact on the local residents. I encourage anyone with concerns about drug dealing in the area to contact us.”

Comments(31)

carrman2 says...
5:43pm Thu 4 Oct 12

These Sentences are a joke , They should get ten years each with Hard Labour !

district01 says...
5:44pm Thu 4 Oct 12

"Pennine Divisions Crime Team"

Thanks, please keep up the good work!

district01 says...
5:47pm Thu 4 Oct 12

district01 wrote:
"Pennine Divisions Crime Team"

Thanks, please keep up the good work!
PS - Despite the lenient sentences!

mavrick says...
5:48pm Thu 4 Oct 12

The police must be gutted at such lenient sentences.

prince of darkness says...
6:29pm Thu 4 Oct 12

district01 wrote:
district01 wrote:
"Pennine Divisions Crime Team"

Thanks, please keep up the good work!
PS - Despite the lenient sentences!
Words fail me theres a nought missing off their sentances. Legal system again failing us.

Fire Fly says...
6:42pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Those pictures definitely prove there is truth to the phrase 'only a mother could love em'...

Rimbus says...
12:35am Fri 5 Oct 12

Fire Fly wrote:
Those pictures definitely prove there is truth to the phrase 'only a mother could love em'...
I'd say that the more appropriate phrase is "Scum like this should be horse-whipped with a leather hosepipe". They make money from killing our children.

Islam-is-bad says...
3:13am Fri 5 Oct 12

Why was it only a total of just over 9 years and not at least that for each of them.
If they really do want to stop hard drugs such as heroin then they have to give even the lower level dealers such as these probably are, proper sentences as a deterrent to others, and to hopefully stop them re-offending when they come out after serving only half of the ridiculously short sentences that they got.

DaveBurnley says...
9:23am Fri 5 Oct 12

Heroin kills. These scumbags should be injected with their own poison.

Izanears says...
9:35am Fri 5 Oct 12

Has anyone else noticed that the Lancashire Mosques people who were so quick to criticise the film about Islam, never seem to condem drug dealing and grooming of young girls?

Fire Fly says...
10:00am Fri 5 Oct 12

I'm confused...LET is allowing comments on this verdict & sentence but the article about another heroin dealer convicted & jailed for 4 years we aren't??

In both articles the dealers are named & photographs shown.

I'm beginning to think the LET's drawing articles out of a hat to decide which can be commented on & which can't at the moment.

notanothermosque says...
10:45am Fri 5 Oct 12

nil bye mouth wrote:
Lets be honest here ,we all know that these 3 scumbags are the tip of the iceberg and the sentences are way way to leniant, but the truth is its the asain/pakistani drug dealers that are the REAL problem but the police,mp's,communit

y leaders and the rest of the pc brigade bury there heads in the sand and deny the real problems and the telegraph will censor comments like mine because they are the truth and the truth makes uncomfortable reading in this country.
what a breath of fresh air to see a post where someone can see the real problem. i had a dealer busted on my street ,a user/addict and the police got 80 quids worth ! the aisian dealers were pulling up every week and dropping the drugs off ! where was the police??? even i could have nicked the supplier ! i geuss the police should use the handcuffs and what funding they have left and go nick the mp,s before this country ends up in more riots !

Chris P Bacon says...
3:53pm Fri 5 Oct 12

nil bye mouth wrote:
Lets be honest here ,we all know that these 3 scumbags are the tip of the iceberg and the sentences are way way to leniant, but the truth is its the asain/pakistani drug dealers that are the REAL problem but the police,mp's,communit

y leaders and the rest of the pc brigade bury there heads in the sand and deny the real problems and the telegraph will censor comments like mine because they are the truth and the truth makes uncomfortable reading in this country.
I'd censor your 'comments' because from the miss-spelling of your name onwards, you're writing nothing but a pile of ignorant, illiterate doggy-doo.

Why don't you smarten up and learn the difference between 'there', their' and 'they're'? Do you think placing the apostrophe appropriately is like getting the 'x' in the right place in a 'spot the ball' competition? And what, exactly, is an 'Asain'?

The truth is that illiterate nonsense like yours makes uncomfortable reading in this country, knowing this is what it's come to!

Is Eckersley playing? says...
4:04pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Not all citizens, for one reason or another are able tp spell. Don't denigrate them. They are as entitled to an opinion like you. I don't think this is the forum for English lessons.

Chris P Bacon says...
4:35pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.

Common_Sense1 says...
4:46pm Fri 5 Oct 12

notanothermosque wrote:
nil bye mouth wrote:
Lets be honest here ,we all know that these 3 scumbags are the tip of the iceberg and the sentences are way way to leniant, but the truth is its the asain/pakistani drug dealers that are the REAL problem but the police,mp's,communit


y leaders and the rest of the pc brigade bury there heads in the sand and deny the real problems and the telegraph will censor comments like mine because they are the truth and the truth makes uncomfortable reading in this country.
what a breath of fresh air to see a post where someone can see the real problem. i had a dealer busted on my street ,a user/addict and the police got 80 quids worth ! the aisian dealers were pulling up every week and dropping the drugs off ! where was the police??? even i could have nicked the supplier ! i geuss the police should use the handcuffs and what funding they have left and go nick the mp,s before this country ends up in more riots !
And how many times did you call the cops to provide times and car registrations to help them? I'd guess its' around the zero mark but you're quick to slag them off. At the end of the day the police have limited resources so I say well done for each drug dealer they send to prison knowing that there are still more out there. Until the courts hand out proper sentences to deter people the cops work will never be done. Imagine how many dealers there would be if the penalty was life in prison or a death sentence!

TheBigTruth88 says...
10:44pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Tip of the iceberg?? You don't really know the half of it. You're way out of your depth here pal, sat in your suburban front room talking like you know what's up. Well let me tell you what's up there's a 100 more "scum bags" taking advantage of the gap in the market as we speak. It's a big money bussiness in which children as young as 10 start their career as lookouts and move on to street level selling by 12-13 this is a fact. And the police think they're doing a good job, well give yourselves a pat on the back, for being ignorant to the facts infront of you on the streets. Sh*t anyone with 2 eyes can see out in the open on the streets. Why don't you think on that for a moment sober you up some.

Rimbus says...
12:27am Sat 6 Oct 12

TheBigTruth88 wrote:
Tip of the iceberg?? You don't really know the half of it. You're way out of your depth here pal, sat in your suburban front room talking like you know what's up. Well let me tell you what's up there's a 100 more "scum bags" taking advantage of the gap in the market as we speak. It's a big money bussiness in which children as young as 10 start their career as lookouts and move on to street level selling by 12-13 this is a fact. And the police think they're doing a good job, well give yourselves a pat on the back, for being ignorant to the facts infront of you on the streets. Sh*t anyone with 2 eyes can see out in the open on the streets. Why don't you think on that for a moment sober you up some.
The article relates to Burnley and Brierfield, not Baltimore! Your description of the progression up the drug dealing career path might be an accurate reflection of how that it works in Juarez (Mexico), Medellin (Columbia) or Soweto (South Africa) but quite frankly it's laughable to suggest that in Burnley and Brierfield this sort of structure exists. I would like to know on what basis you refer to your assertions as being factual, please provide your evidence supporting this claim. I do not dispute that there may have been occasions when children falling into the age-groups you mention have been found carrying out the activities you refer to but to suggest it's any more than extremely isolated is scare-mongering. Children from 10 to 13 are in school Monday to Friday and any drug dealer worth their salt would actively avoid roping in any-one who might draw attention to themselves, i.e. kids out of school when they should be at school. I do agree that there are undoubtedly hundreds of people waiting to take the place of these scum but they are the low-life, intellectually challenged, drug saturated retards who believe it's easier to deal at this level than shoplifting three bird roasts and gammon joints from Farmfoods. Contrary to you, I think the police are doing a pretty good job in identifying and bringing this dog sh1te to justice, the problem is that the sentencing authorities let us all down by dishing out pathetic, non-deterrent sentences to this scum who kill our children.

Rimbus says...
12:47am Sat 6 Oct 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.
Sorry to be pedantic but you have criticised a fellow poster for their grammatical shortcomings. I think you will find that 'There's spell-checkers' should have read 'There are spell-checkers'. The punctuation you used is short for 'There is spell-checkers' which is grammatically incorrect, the 'i' of 'is' being replaced by an apostrophe. In the english language there is no shortening of the words 'There are' by use of on apostrophe.

P.S. I wouldn't take you on.

Schadenfreude!

Rimbus says...
12:58am Sat 6 Oct 12

Rimbus wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.
Sorry to be pedantic but you have criticised a fellow poster for their grammatical shortcomings. I think you will find that 'There's spell-checkers' should have read 'There are spell-checkers'. The punctuation you used is short for 'There is spell-checkers' which is grammatically incorrect, the 'i' of 'is' being replaced by an apostrophe. In the english language there is no shortening of the words 'There are' by use of on apostrophe.

P.S. I wouldn't take you on.

Schadenfreude!
Why not tell us what business you run then all your staff can take the pi$$ out of you. lol.

Chris P Bacon says...
7:11am Sat 6 Oct 12

Rimbus wrote:
Rimbus wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.
Sorry to be pedantic but you have criticised a fellow poster for their grammatical shortcomings. I think you will find that 'There's spell-checkers' should have read 'There are spell-checkers'. The punctuation you used is short for 'There is spell-checkers' which is grammatically incorrect, the 'i' of 'is' being replaced by an apostrophe. In the english language there is no shortening of the words 'There are' by use of on apostrophe.

P.S. I wouldn't take you on.

Schadenfreude!
Why not tell us what business you run then all your staff can take the pi$$ out of you. lol.
One o'clock on a Saturday morning to come out with that ****! Wow, what a successful social life YOU must have!

And anyone who has to 'lol' at its own 'jokes' is more to be pitied than scorned.

Rimbus says...
9:03am Sat 6 Oct 12

Perhaps you now understand how nil bye mouth may have felt following your unsolicited criticism of his spelling and grammar, I hope he wasn't as bothered about it as you appeared to be.

PS It's a good job I don't work for you pal as I would be getting the sack for use of the internet during working hours, lol.

TheBigTruth88 says...
6:29pm Sat 6 Oct 12

Rimbus you are right about 1 thing this area is no Baltimore, true that. But its heading in that dirrection if nothings done. The only difference between us here and them in Baltimore we got no bodies to deal with in this area yet. You see how i used the word yet. Also im not saying the kids are in this game full time its more like part time after school club and weekends. The structure is there you remember that story not so long ago about a man geting beaten half to death by 3 men in the middle of the day on a busy main road?? Owner of Dixy chicken franchise?? Drug related, Dixy's is a front. And he was or should i say still is a major player in the crack cocaine and heroin trade with in burnley and pendle. Another fact for you.

TheBigTruth88 says...
6:33pm Sat 6 Oct 12

Don't choose to ignore the facts i put infront of you, as sooner or later 1 certain community of people will be blamed for this sorry mess as usual.

TheBigTruth88 says...
6:42pm Sat 6 Oct 12

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You remeber the above story police did a good job sending down a mentally challenged wanabe gangster for longer then the other 2. If the police investigated properly they would have known that Adnan was and is nothing out of his depth. Shafqat on the other hand was running this partiular operation which he is still doing from another location which i will not mention. So you tell me if the police did a good job because their evidence is weak no wonder the ring leader gets away with 28 days and is back selling again. While the mentally challenged one got a heavier sentence.

Rimbus says...
7:43pm Sat 6 Oct 12

TheBigTruth88 wrote:
http://www.lancashir

etelegraph.co.uk/new

s/crime/8792380.Nels

on_canal_towpath_dru

g_dealers_jailed/

You remeber the above story police did a good job sending down a mentally challenged wanabe gangster for longer then the other 2. If the police investigated properly they would have known that Adnan was and is nothing out of his depth. Shafqat on the other hand was running this partiular operation which he is still doing from another location which i will not mention. So you tell me if the police did a good job because their evidence is weak no wonder the ring leader gets away with 28 days and is back selling again. While the mentally challenged one got a heavier sentence.
Why don't you put yourself forward for the elected Police Commissioner of Lancashire. I think you'd do a better job than any of the current candidates and judging by your knowledge of the drug scene in Pendle and Burnley you could have the place cleaned up in weeks. You could be Brierfield's equivalent to Ray Mallen. I would vote for you!

TheBigTruth88 says...
8:11pm Sat 6 Oct 12

I sense a hint of sarcasm coming from your way. Fyi im in the process of applying for the drug squad a lenghthy process in which i have to start from the bottom as a PCSO could be 2-4 years yet before im even considered for the drug squad. I could lock up 90% of these devils before they have a chance to ruin another God knows how many lives because of the evil they flood on the streets. Asian and white because its not a 1 way street let me tell you. We've all got a part to play no good passing the buck and ignoring the problem because its not in your street or area. We are just as afraid of the scum of the streets as you are. Just because we have to live with with these devils we're supposed to get on?? What is that

Rimbus says...
9:14pm Sat 6 Oct 12

Good luck to you, I hope you achieve your goal. It's refreshing to see someone who wants to follow a certain career path because they want to improve the community they live in.

Mr Meldrew says...
3:14pm Mon 8 Oct 12

Rimbus wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.
Sorry to be pedantic but you have criticised a fellow poster for their grammatical shortcomings. I think you will find that 'There's spell-checkers' should have read 'There are spell-checkers'. The punctuation you used is short for 'There is spell-checkers' which is grammatically incorrect, the 'i' of 'is' being replaced by an apostrophe. In the english language there is no shortening of the words 'There are' by use of on apostrophe.

P.S. I wouldn't take you on.

Schadenfreude!
I'm equally sure the phrase 'there is no shortening' would not be considered grammatically correct, just saying like.

I'm not even going to start on the concerns I have that potential future old bill have the language skills displayed by TheBigTruth88

TheBigTruth88 says...
9:00pm Mon 8 Oct 12

You understood what i said did you not? So what's the big problem. You need to adapt to your surroundings.

HecticBigBoy says...
12:26pm Thu 11 Oct 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
Don't make excuses for functional illiteracy. There's spell-checkers for the idle so anyone who can't be bothered to apply one is even MORE idle! It's no wonder unemployment is so high. Who'd take on someone who can't communicate properly? I don't.
Surely that should be 'there are spell checkers and not there is spell checkers'??

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