A coke dealer had to be moved to three different cells by police after covering the prison walls in faeces. Connah Rutledge was arrested as a part of a crackdown on drug dealing in Ellesmore Port last month.
Officers identified the 26-year-old's mobile number as a graft phone used to send messages advertising crack cocaine and heroin. He was later detained by officers at his property on Alnwick Drive on Friday, September 9, while on prison licence, Manchester Evening News reports.
Investigators later found CCTV footage of Rutledge up the phone at a supermarket near his home on August 27. After being brought into custody, the offender had to be moved several times after he repeatedly pooed on his hand and smeared the excrement on cell walls.
Rutledge was charged and pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. He was sentenced at Chester Crown Court to 45 months in prison on Thursday 6 October.
PC Lee Ashbrook, of Ellesmere Port local policing unit, said: “Once Rutledge’s number was identified as being used as part of county lines criminal activity and checks were carried out on CCTV showing footage of him using the mobile phone, he was swiftly arrested.
“Rutledge is an example of how we will identify and seek out individuals who work with organised crime groups to supply class A drugs to users in order to make a profit.
"If you believe drug activity is occurring in your community please report it via our website or by calling 101.”
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