A shameless drug dealer's cash and cocaine Christmas tree formed part of his downfall.
Marvin Porcelli snapped the glittering tree in a tasteless photo which was found by police.
It was used as part of an extensive list of evidence which helped prove his key role in a drugs gang and led to him spending Christmas in prison.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Porcelli played an “operational function” in a large criminal network of others.
It was described by Judge Anil Murray as running “a large, professional, sophisticated, well-planned, well-organised and successful” operation.
Liverpool Crown Court heard he was involved in storage, couriering, cutting and supply of drugs on behalf of others higher up the organisation.
The Liverpool Echo reports Judge Murray told him: “The conspiracy could not have operated without the actions you took.”
Porcelli was linked to around 1kg of cocaine discovered when police raided his partner’s home on March 1 of this year.
Officers forced their way into the home, where they found Porcelli and asked him whether there were any drugs at the property.
He simply replied: “Class A drugs.”
In the searches that followed they recovered two containers each holding almost 500g of cocainender the pillows on a bed.
The drugs were given a combined estimated value of at least £37,000.
When they raided his own home in Bootle three weeks later, police found tick lists and wraps of “white powder” - including one retrieved from a pair of Ralph Lauren shorts.
The photo of the Christmas tree was retrieved from one of several phones also recovered.
Porcelli admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis.
The court heard the 47-year-old was a carer and had become involved in criminality due to drug debts - but that he was now drug-free.
He was jailed for seven years and six months.
