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TWO FLATMATES CONTINUED WITH 'BUSINESS AS USUAL' AND RE-ESTABLISHED THEIR HEROIN AND COCAINE HOTLINE 'ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE POLICE STATION' 19:00,

04 Jun 2025 A drug dealer attempted to shove hundreds of pounds of heroin and cocaine up his bum when the police came knocking at his door. Trevor Jevons and his flatmate Martin Pilson

operated a "significant scale" drugs hotline, which was so busy that they began fulfilling orders on behalf of other criminals. Despite being arrested and having had both drugs and

cash seized from them, the two men continued with "business as usual" and resumed their activities "almost immediately after getting out of the police station". The

former today apologised to a judge for his actions as he was locked up. Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Wednesday, that a "county lines drug investigation" identified a

phone number which was utilised by Jevons and Pilson in order to send out bulk messages advertising heroin and cocaine for sale to users in the Southport area between June and October last

year. This was also the "main contact" for "another graft line which was forwarding orders for drugs to the defendant", namely the "Jonno line". Ben Berkson,

prosecuting, described how more than 1,700 messages "consistent with drug dealing" were exchanged via the device during this period. This led to Merseyside Police executing a

search warrant at their flat on Ash Street in the seaside town on October 23 2024. Officers were confronted by a "reinforced, barricaded door" at the property, while 50-year-old

Pilson also made efforts to "prevent them from entering". When PCs did manage to force their way inside, they discovered Jevons "attempting to conceal drugs intimately in his

body". This stash consisted of a total of 49 wraps of heroin and 29 of cocaine, illicit substances valued at an estimated £780. A black Nokia phone and £40 in cash were also seized from

the 49-year-old. Article continues below Both defendants subsequently made no comment under interview and were released on bail. However, they then "went on in the exact same

way", with Judge Neil Flewitt KC remarking that it was "just business as usual with a different phone". This saw Jevons and Pilson continue to send out a string of "flare

messages" across November and December 2024 from a new number which was subsequently linked to them via cell siting data, taxi bookings and texts and phone calls with personal

contacts. The SIM card in question was discovered inside a device which was seized from a table beside the bed where Jevons was sleeping when police carried out a second raid at the address

on December 23. Pilson has a total of 26 previous convictions for 55 offences, including possession of class A drugs in 1985, 2004 and 2024. Paul Lewis, defending, said on his behalf:

"His background and how he became involved is plain. "He comes into this and continues it as a long standing drug user. He would very much like to become drug free. Hopefully, this

period of incarceration has allowed him to reflect. He looks much weller than when he first came to these courts, but the road to recovery is a long one. "It was a continuing act.

Almost immediately after getting out of the police station, they resume. It is consistent with the amount of pressure that they might have been under. Effectively, they were working for the

same people in the same way over a longer period of time. It is a continuing operation, interrupted by their arrests." Jevons' criminal record shows 39 convictions for 83 offences,

including supplying controlling drugs in 1994, possession of amphetamine and cannabis resin in 1998 and possession of cannabis with intent to supply in 2001. His counsel Stuart Mills told

the court: "Mr Jevons is a long term drug addict who was plainly being used by other people. "The more vulnerable the person, the more easy it is to engage them in this sort of

activity. Mr Jevons tells me he is still in fear. He is still receiving threats and has a letter in his cell which is telling him to do himself a favour and kill himself while he is in

custody. "His partner is still receiving threats. There is an intention that he will join her, as soon as he is able, at a location in Wales where she has family. He is determined to

get out of the area, because he knows that, otherwise, he is simply going to be in custody for longer and longer periods. "He wants to make a fresh start. He has done what he can while

in custody and will continue to do so. It could be a turning point for him. He has had some tragedies while in custody." Jevons, who appeared in court via video link to HMP Altcourse,

admitted possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply, two counts of being concerned in the supply of heroin and two of being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Pilson, appearing

remotely from HMP Liverpool, pleaded guilty to two charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and two of being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Both were jailed for 45 months and

handed five-year criminal behaviour orders. Jevons, who seemed to be visibly shaking as he learned his fate, replied: "I'm sorry about this anyway. Thank you." Sentencing,

Judge Flewitt said: "You were jointly in control of a graft phone, sending out bulk messages, liaising with another graft phone and supplying drugs to users. That was done on a

significant scale across a little over four months. Article continues below "You were arrested. You were released, either on bail or under investigation. In that period, you appeared

before the court. Unbeknown to this court at that stage, you had returned to drug dealing in exactly the same way but with a new phone. The reason that you both became involved is that you

are both long term class A drug addicts. Your involvement in using class A drugs has blighted your lives. "You say, having been released on bail, that you were pressured by those to

whom you owed money to return to drug dealing. While that is accepted, if you take drugs and involve yourself in this murky world, you cannot then complain if those to whom you owe money put

pressure on you to become involved in drug dealing."