Jail for drug addict dad caught throwing barrel popper away
A father of one with a “chequered past” was caught throwing away a barrel popper as he ran from the scene of a reported attempted car break-in.
Alan Melia (29), who had 112 previous convictions, had been addicted to drugs since he was 12 years old and had relapsed, a court heard.
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