Drug dealer threw cocaine out of window during Orford police raid

Norbert Dytmar was seen launching cocaine out of the window of his Orford home when officers arrived to conduct a search.

The search warrant was executed by officers from Cheshire Police on March 24 this year, explained Iain Criddle, prosecuting at Liverpool Crown Court.

Dytmar was present in the address with his mother, who also resides there, and the defendant was seen by police throwing a package out of a window.

Despite this, the 23-year-old told officers who conducted the raid: “I haven’t got much, I’ve only just started dealing.”

The package was recovered from outside, while officers also found scales with drug residue on, snap bags and a mobile phone.

Following his arrest, Dytmar answered ‘no comment’ to questions put to him during his police interview.

An analysis of the package revealed that it contained 22.4 grammes of cocaine at more than 80 per cent purity, which experts gave a street value of between £1,920 and £3,200.

“Clearly, the evidence is such that it is clear these drugs were for onward supply,” Mr Criddle said.

“It is accepted that this was the defendant’s own operation of a relatively small scale to fund his own habit.”

Dytmar was subsequently charged with possessing cocaine with intent to supply, and Mr Criddle described the timing of the defendant’s guilty plea as ‘strange’ given his admissions to officers on his arrest.

Norbert Dytmar was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court

He made no indication of plea before Warrington Magistrates’ Court and only admitted the offence before the crown court at a previous hearing.

This prevented him from receiving a full third off his sentence in credit, which judge David Swinnerton commented could make ‘all the difference’ between being sent straight to prison or being handed a suspended sentence.

Mr Criddle revealed that Dytmar has previous convictions for assault and possessing drugs, and he was handed a community order since this offence in April for disorderly behaviour and assault.

Addressing the timing of plea, Peter Killen, defending, said that his client was ‘daunted’ by criminal proceedings and exercised a ‘degree of hesitation’, before entering a guilty plea following a meeting with himself.

Mitigation was also offered through the fact that the defendant was not living an extravagant lifestyle, living in social rent accommodation with his mother.

It was said that Dytmar was born in Poland before coming to the UK at a young age, with Mr Killen asking for rehabilitation rather than a short period of imprisonment.

After being asked directly by a judge about his illegal drug use, Dytmar conceded that he was still using cocaine and ketamine, but not as much as before as he continues to stop using them.

Judge Swinnerton adjourned sentence until the afternoon to make enquiries into whether a drug rehabilitation requirement was something that the Probation Service could supervise.

Following this, he sentenced Dytmar, of Grasmere Avenue in Orford, to two years in prison, but suspended for two years.

During this period, he must complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and abide by an electronically monitored curfew.

In addition, orders were approved for the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs and drug paraphernalia seized by police during the raid.