Four jailed for a total of 16 years for Class A drug supply

The offences came to light after specialist officers executed a drug search warrant on a flat in St Sampson’s in November 2023, the Royal Court heard.

Ryan Gallie, 20, and Sophie Head, 22, were living there together. In court yesterday they admitted together being concerned in the supply of the class A drug, MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, and the class C substance Gabapentin.

Gallie also admitted supplying and possessing herbal cannabis.

Simon Domaille, 45, and Aaron Sarre, 34, admitted being concerned in the supply of MDMA.

In the drug search, officers found 62 MDMA tablets and 32.27g of cannabis hidden in the bottom of a wardrobe, with a combined street value of some £2,350.

Both were arrested.

Phones were seized and examination revealed details of their drug dealings on WhatsApp. Messages indicated that they had sold drugs to a value of at least £3,750.

Sarre was listed as a contact on one of the phones.

It was uncovered that he had met with Gallie in a part of town not covered by CCTV and paid him £1,600 in English notes for 100 MDMA tablets. Domaille had provided the cash, and an extra £200 for Sarre.

Both men were arrested the week after Gallie and Head.

Gallie gave largely no comment responses in interview other that to say where some herbal cannabis found at his home had come from.

Head exercised her right to silence.

Domaille did not answer questions about the messages he had exchanged with Sarre. Sarre said the only benefit for him had been the £200 he made from the deal.

Both Gallie and Head had previously served prison sentences.

Head was on parole at the time of these offences. Domaille had served a five-year sentence for drug offences in 2012, while Sarre had previously been fined for drug possession.

Advocates for the accused said that Gallie and Head had operated together when they were in a relationship, and that Head had supplied Gallie with drugs.

Domaille had claimed he had bought the MDMA for his own use and had never met Gallie or Head.

Judge Catherine Fooks said that Gallie had been wholesale dealing in drugs and Head had a history of substance abuse. She had been doing well following her release from prison, but her bad associations, particularly that with her co-defendant, had led to her re-offending.

Domaille too had a history of substance abuse.

The court did not consider that 100 tablets constituted personal use.

Sarre said he had acted impulsively and it was hard to fathom why he would take such a risk for just £200.

Gallie was jailed for a total of six and half years, and Head for four.

Sentence on the other counts they faced were lesser and concurrent. Domaille was sentenced to three years and Sarre to two years and nine months.

Judge Fooks said the court had considered the impact the sentences would have on the defendant’s family members but their offending was too serious for anything other than sentences of immediate custody to be imposed.