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Gary Steptoe outside Swindon Crown Court A FORMER addict caught selling crack and heroin to an undercover cop has been given a suspended sentence. Gary Steptoe, 41, was given a chance to prove himself in January, when Judge Peter Crabtree deferred his sentence for three months. The Park North man was ordered to comply with any instructions from the probation service and continue working with addiction charity Turning Point. Steptoe returned to Swindon Crown Court on Friday and Judge Peter Crabtree imposed a 20 month prison sentence suspended for a year. The judge said: “Given the circumstances and that this is dealing on one day in unusual circumstances I deferred sentenced on the basis of the conditions I indicated, having said that the normal starting point would be three years.
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Swindon Crown Court A drug runner has been given three months to stay on the straight and narrow – or face a prison sentence. Gary Steptoe, 41, was one of dozens of low-level dealers and runners snared in a 2019 undercover police operation that saw officers pose as addicts to make test purchases across Swindon. Prosecutor Ellie Sheahan told Swindon Crown Court on Tuesday that officers called the Ramsay drug line on May 28. An officer, “Steve”, was directed to Stratton and met by Steptoe, who supplied him with crack cocaine and heroin. Steptoe, of Ringwood Close, Park North, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of supplying a class A drug.