laurahammond commented Man jailed for throwing drugs into Nottingham prison

A man who threw packages of drugs into HMP Nottingham has been jailed.Louis Denham, formerly of Woodfield Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying psychoactive substances at Nottingham Crown Court and was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Thursday, January 26.He is the first person in Nottinghamshire to be convicted under legislation introduced in 2015 under the Serious Crime Act, which made it an offence to throw packages into a prison. The aim of the legislation is to criminalise...