A TEENAGER was sentenced to two and a half years in a young offenders’ institute after he was arrested with more than £1,400 worth of drugs in Weymouth.

Curtis Pennant, 18, pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply at Dorchester Crown Court.

The court was told how on September 30, 2014, Pennant was travelling in a black Ford Fiesta, which was known by police to have connections to drug dealing, which was then pulled over.

Pennant, of St Andrew’s Road, Croydon, London, was travelling with three other people and the court heard how he tried to run away when the car was pulled over but was detained when he tripped.

When searched, police found Pennant in possession of cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine – with an estimated value of around £1,400.

He was also in possession of £500 in cash and a mobile phone, which contained texts messages indicating that he was involved in the supply of drugs.

Pennant was also sentenced for offences criminal damage, assault and obstructing a constable in the course of their duty in relation to an incident in London in October last year.

Jamie Porter, mitigating, said that Pennant had a ‘traumatic’ upbringing and had not dealt with it well.

The court was told how by the age of 13 he was on drugs and living on the streets and that he found himself with the ‘wrong sorts of friends’.

Judge Jonathan Fuller said that Pennant committed the offences in order to get drugs for himself.

He said: “You were given those items by others in order to facilitate drug dealing, you did what you did so you could then get drugs.

“You have got to realise that if you get involved in the supply of class A drugs it is inevitable that you will go to prison.”

Pennant was sentenced to two years in custody for the drug offences in Weymouth and a further six months for the offences in London.