Foodbank worker shown mercy by Lanarkshire Sheriff for trafficking heroin

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A foodbank worker who was "pressured" into transporting drugs to Lanarkshire has been shown mercy by a Sheriff.Ian Wilson was stopped by police on his motorbike in Chryston with heroin worth more than £5000.But Sheriff Petra Collins decided "with considerable hesitation" not to jail the 61-year-old.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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This person prevailed on him to take what he understood to be a heroin cutting agent to Scotland."My client felt under pressure