Nasser Hussain was told by a judge that he had added to the heroin problem in Middlesbrough

Nasser Hussain was told by a judge that he had added to the heroin problem in Middlesbrough with his illegal activities last summer. Hussain – also jailed in 2008 for dealing in Class A drugs – was described by his barrister as a gopher at the bottom of the food chain. He was said to have sold heroin on the streets to fund his own addiction, and did not make vast profits or lead a luxury lifestyle. Hussain supplied an undercover officer with a total of ten £5 deals during a fortnight last July, Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday. Sharon Elves, prosecuting, told the court the 33-year-old father also offered to get the detective crack cocaine on two occasions. Paul Cleasby, mitigating, said Hussain got involved in taking drugs when he “reacted badly to an unfortunate event in his family”. He said: “He knows he only has himself to blame, and it fills him with shame that he has let down his family, his long-term partner of 19 years and his children, who are now all teenagers.” Hussain, of Jefferson Street, Middlesbrough, admitted eight charges of supplying Class A drugs and two of offering to supply. Jailing him for three years and three months, Recorder William Hirst told him: “This is more serious because you have a recent conviction for similar offences.” Mr Cleasby told the court: “He leads a meagre existence. There is no suggestion he has enjoyed the trappings of high living. “He is an uncomplicated offender at the bottom of the chain of offenders of this type. He is a gopher at the bottom of the food chain

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