Two women have been found guilty of dealing drugs from a Bradford house after the death of a teenage girl sparked an undercover police operation.
Charleen Goodey was struck by a car after drinking alcohol and swallowing amphetamine powder during a night out with friends.
The 18-year-old, known to friends as 'Char', died instantly in the road accident in Halifax Road, Woodside, Bradford, in April last year. Detectives launched their investigation after the source of the drugs was traced to a house in Woodside.
At Bradford Crown Court yesterday Ellen Horn and Paula Hudson were convicted of drug offences as the jury took less than an hour to return unanimous verdicts. Today Charleen's mum Lesley praised the police for their hard work in bringing the case to court. She said: "I'm relieved it's all over and glad these drug dealers have been brought to justice."
Speaking after the case, Detective Constable Asif Amin, of Odsal Police, said: "The hard work is beginning to show in the fight against drugs on the estate.''
Teenage mum Sara Youngman told the trial how she bought amphetamine for her best friend, Miss Goodey, as a favour.
The part-time barmaid even described how there was a system for knowing when to get drugs from a house in Rosley Mount, Woodside.
"Normally if the kitchen curtains were shut and the porch door was locked I wasn't going to get anything," she said.
If not, she explained, people could knock on the door and ask for what they wanted.
After the fatal accident she pointed out the house to police.
The court heard that an undercover police officer went to Rosley Mount on two occasions in May last year and was able to buy wraps of amphetamine.
Horn, 30, of Rosley Mount, Woodside, was convicted of supplying a £5 wrap of amphetamine to Miss Youngman in April 1999 and permitting her premises to be used for supplying the drug to a police officer.
The jury was directed to find her not guilty of possessing amphetamine.
Hudson, 27, of Meadway, Woodside, was convicted of supplying the drug to a police officer in May 1999 and Miss Youngman in December 1998.
The case was adjourned until tomorrow for pre-sentence reports and both women were granted bail.
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