He was also disqualified from driving for another four-and-a-half years. He was jailed for five years after appearing via video link. He can't ever do this to his family again - they don't deserve this.'īyatt admitted to the charges of possession with intent to supply, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, drug driving and driving without insurance. 'He is a man who can stay out of trouble, and he says he is going to be staying out of trouble. The best he can do at this moment in time is treat this time positively. He feels desperately sorry for what he has brought about for his family. The impact of those deaths rather catapulted him back into heroin and, in particular, crack cocaine. 'He thought he had, to an extent, put this type of life behind him. What really impacted, one after the other, were family tragedies. He has never been truly able to throw off his addiction to drugs. 'They know where he lives, they know where his family lives, they know where his three children are. He understand what he has got involved in. Sadly, these people have their hooks in his uncle and in this defendant. He is given a bike and he is told to take it.

'The most serious matter, of course, is this large amount of class A drugs. He was found with a quarter of a kilogram of cocaine of 77 per cent purity, worth up to £24,000 at street level, plus a kilo of heroin of 53 per cent purity and valued at up to £60,000, the court heard.

He was then one of two males on 'high-powered, expensive' electric bikes who made off from police on March 22, 2023.īyatt attempted to flee police again via the Leeds-Liverpool Canal but fell off the bicycle. Officers located him and he tested positive for having cannabis in his system. Police lost sight of Byatt's vehicle but he caused 'significant damage' and injured two women in a crash in Everton later.

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Officers pursued the 39-year-old who 'made off at speed' after being stopped and was driving 'erratically and aggressively'. Liverpool Crown Court heard that police spotted Byatt's car driving without an MOT in August last year in the Anfield area of Liverpool. The chase came months after he tried to evade cops in a high-speed car pursuit which resulted in a crash, reports the Liverpool Echo. Craig Byatt attempted to evade officers along a canal towpath.īut he was caught by police after slipping and had the drugs in his possession in a sports bag. A father was caught with around £85,000 of heroin and crack cocaine by police after he fell of his bike.

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