County lines drug dealer gets eight years plus

A County Lines drug dealer has been jailed after he exploiting children as runners. Ajay Stephens, 21  of Parry Road, Croydon, was sentenced to a total of eight years and seven months’ imprisonment at Inner London crown court. He was found guilty following a trial in May of two counts of arranging and facilitating the movement of people. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing in September 2020 to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. He also pleaded…