Court bans drug addict from town

Last updated 19:27, Thursday, 20 November 2008

A DRUG addict has been banned from Workington after admitting the latest of 255 offences which he committed during what a judge described as an “appalling” criminal career.

Harry John Nicholson, 36, pleaded guilty at Carlisle Crown Court to possessing 390 diazepam tablets with intent to supply them.

He also admitted possessing a small amount of heroin for his own use.

Nicholson was remanded on bail to live with an aunt at Bothel while his suitability for drugs rehabilitation is assessed by probation staff. He will be back in court to be sentenced on November 28.

Judge Barbara Forrester said it was “one last chance to stay out of trouble”.

She ordered him to obey any instructions given him by his aunt Margaret Story – a college lecturer described as “an upstanding member of the community” – and to stay out of Workington except when he had to go and see his solicitor.

Nicholson, who used to live in Moorclose, Workington, was previously banned from all Derwent & Solway Housing Association properties for persistent anti-social behaviour.