A JUDGE said a drug-dealing youngster was ‘determined to wreck his life’ at a sentencing in Basildon.

Leon Frroku, 20, of Colne Road, Shoebury and Nathan Muskitta, 23, of Sutton Road, Southend, were charged with the supply of class A drugs, namely crack cocaine and heroin, between May 2021 and June 2022.

They were joined by co-defendants Jessica Osman, 20, McKinnon Chaviri, 21, Sheraldine Gallagher, 55, and a 17 year-old boy from Shoebury.

Judge Samantha Cohen berated the youngster for his involvement.

She said: “Your mother is very supportive and I suspect extremely frustrated at your apparent determination to wreck your own life"

Judge Cohen was also critical of the three codefendants with lesser roles in the drug operation, including Osman.

Osman, who is currently five months pregnant, was admonished for her choiches.

Judge Cohen added: “At the time of indictment you were caught up in a chaotic life, using drugs and becoming addicted.

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“You felt pressured and eventually became involved in this drug sale enterprise.

“I was disappointed to find out you are pregnant because that is not a wise life choice for someone in your position.

“Having a baby will not save you from prison.”

McKinnon Chivari, another runner in the operation was working towards a university degree and was a porter at Southend Hospital when he was arrested in June 2022.

Judge Cohen described his decision-making as ‘fantastically immature’ when addressing him.

She added: “I cannot imagine what possessed you to think this was a sensible way to earn money.

“It was a fantastically immature decision to make and it has lost you your good character forever and risked your liberty.”

Gallagher allowed the group to use her home as a safehouse to store and prepare drugs.

She was previously convicted in 2005 for being concerned with the supply class a drugs and was handed a two year suspended sentence.

In this case Frroku was sentenced eight years in prison, whilst Muskitta was jailed for three years.

The Shoebury youth was handed a two-year youth rehabilitation order with Osman, Chivari and Gallagher were handed suspended sentences of two years, two years and one year respectively.