By Doug LaingA Napier meth dealer appearing in court in a wheelchair - and said to have limited life expectancy because of illness - was yesterday sentenced to four years and six months in jail. Judge Adeane accepted the submission from defence counsel Russell Fairbrother QC, who, describing Sulusi as a courier, said Sulusi had a "number" of children, and "chose a stupid way of providing for them". The judge said Sulusi was a drug distributor, but did not have the "usual explanation" that it was to support a habit, instead saying it was to support the family. On July 28 police searched several homes Sulusi was known to visit and found 225g of methamphetamine concealed in the lining of a handbag in his car at an address he was visiting. - Hawkes Bay Today

Source: New Zealand Herald November 04, 2016 21:45 UTC