Drug dealer who tried to swallow his SIM card when he was arrested jailed for four and a half years
He was released from jail four months before police found cocaine on him
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Lisa Porter
A drug dealer who was caught with cocaine in Lincoln city centre has been jailed for four and a half years.
Wilfred Mbanga was released from prison four months before police stopped him on Silver Street in Lincoln.
Mbanga had been released from prison just four months earlier after serving a 30 month jail sentence imposed for drugs offences.
Mbanga, 28, of Pigot Way, Carlton Estate, was found with a wrap of cocaine on Christmas Day, last year.
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He denied charges of supplying class A drugs, possession of drugs with intent to supply and obstructing police in the execution of a drugs search when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court
Mark Knowles, prosecuting, said that Mbanga tried to swallow the SIM card of his mobile phone.
He was cleared by a jury of supplying drugs but convicted of possession with intent to supply and of obstructing police.
Recorder Gareth Evans, passing sentence, told him: "You are pushing misery every time you sell a Class A drug.
"There has to be an immediate custodial sentence. 30 months obviously didn't work therefore the sentence has to be longer this time."
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Barnaby Shaw, in mitigation, said that Mbanga suffers from an inherited kidney condition and his health deteriorated during his previous jail sentence and within weeks of his release underwent a kidney transplant.
"He is on a cocktail of medication to prevent rejection and for immune boosting. Because of that he is vulnerable to infection. It means that custody will have a greater impact on him than it has on others."
He was given the jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court.
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