A CONVICTED drug dealer is standing trial after allegedly being involved in the sale of drugs to an undercover police officer in Weymouth.

Paul Corrigan, 33, is on trial at Bournemouth Crown Court charged with being concerned in the supply of 1,216 mg of diamorphine, also known as heroin, a controlled drug of Class A. He denies the charge.

He is accused of being involved in selling the drug to ‘Emily’ the alias of an undercover police officer on February 4 last year.

The charges follows an undercover operation targeting at the supply of illegal drugs in Weymouth known as Operation Energy.

The court heard how Corrigan, of no fixed abode, allegedly approached the officer at Weymouth train station.

In a police interview with Corrigan, DC Ben Singleton, of Dorset Police, states that ‘Emily’ was approached by Corrigan at the station who arranged to sell her drugs.

DC Singleton states that Corrigan sent his friend, Michael Appleton, with Emily in a van to a nearby car park where she was sold two bags of heroin for £20.

Corrigan denied this in interview, stating she was ‘lying through her teeth’ and that Emily approached him and said that she was waiting for someone so she could 'score'.

He adds that Appleton went with her in the car but he was not involved in the dealing and told them not to speak about drugs near him as he has just been released from jail for a drug-related offence.

The jury heard how in January 2011, Corrigan was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a class A drug with intent to supply, after being arrested at a property in Torquay, where £33,000 worth of heroin was found.

He was sentenced to five years in prison for this offence.

The whereabouts of Appleton are currently unknown and he remains wanted in connection with the alleged Weymouth offence.

When asked in the interview by DC Singleton what he was doing in Weymouth, Corrigan said he was visiting a friend and that he was sat on the steps of the station as it was a ‘nice day’ and he was ‘just taking it all in’.

The following day, February 5, officers attended an address in The Maltings, Weymouth, for an unrelated matter where Corrigan and Appleton were both found.

Officers found drug paraphernalia at the property and Corrigan was arrested but was released without charge.

He was arrested for being involved in the supply of class A drugs in relation to the events of February 4 in September of last year in Cheshire.

The jury also heard how between February and September Corrigan heard that Dorset Police wished to speak to him so hired a solicitor to contact them.

However, this information was never passed on to DC Singleton, who told the court it was likely Corrigan was not aware before this that police wished to speak with him.

DC Singleton, when being cross-examined by defence barrister Nicholas Robinson, also revealed that police had been unable to locate any CCTV footage from the train station for when the events took place.

*The jury was sent out to consider its verdict on Friday afternoon and was later sent home for the weekend. It will continue its deliberations on Monday.