£350k ‘Batman’ cocaine dealer must repay £6
A DRUG dealer who pocketed almost £350,000 selling ‘Batman’ cocaine has been ordered to repay just £6.
Daniel Delaney, 39, netted £348,595 by peddling the class A drug in blocks stamped with the Caped Crusader’s logo.
But an investigation into his means revealed that his ‘realisable assets’ amounted to £6.22.
He was told to hand over the sum within a month or have an extra two weeks added to his ten-year sentence.
Judge David Griffith-Jones QC quipped to his barrister William England: ‘I suppose you’ll pay that yourself.’
Delaney, of Gillingham, Kent, was a kingpin in a regional network and employed friends to distribute drugs.
Detectives analysed mobile phone records and were able to link him to a 32-year-old man from Gillingham, who was jailed for six years after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of criminal property.
Delaney was caught in possession of a bag that contained several blocks of the ‘Batman’ cocaine.
He also had tens of thousands of pounds hidden in a secret compartment behind the back seat of his car.
He was linked to a 46-year-old travel agent from Lordswood, who was jailed for eight years after admitting possession of criminal property and being concerned in supplying class A drugs.
At Delaney’s sentencing earlier this year, Judge Philip St.John-Stevens told him: ‘You were the local distributor for a much wider regional organisation.
‘But you played an integral part in that gateway to significant quantities of drugs to those below.’