"If he carries on I’ll blow his head off": Man caught messaging dealer about ‘b’, ‘snotty’ and ‘blue cheese’

A man was caught messaging another dealer about drugs nicknamed ‘b’, ‘snotty’ and ‘blue cheese’. Christopher McNamara, 33, was hauled before the courts after Christopher Taylor was investigated for dealing class A drugs.

After analysing his mobile phone, officers found a series of messages between Taylor and McNamara, of Sale, talking about different deals with customers and prices of drugs. They specifically spoke about cocaine, known as “snotty”, cannabis, or “blue cheese”, and heroin, referred to as “b”.

Prosecutor Henry Blackshaw said it was ‘quite clear’ from the messages that McNamara worked directly under Taylor. He added that both men reported to another man, Ashley Blackett.

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“There is reference to ‘b’, which is slang for heroin, and there are messages between Mr Taylor and Mr McNamara and back again,” Mr Blackshaw told Manchester Crown Court. “They talk about the use of violence to enforce a drug debt and reference individuals.”

In one message, Taylor said to McNamara: “I need to make some money bro [he’s] on my case and we gonna end up fighting.” McNamara responded: “Yh I get ya bro im skint just ad a barny with that kid over 80 quid told him if he carries on il blow is ed off n tax im.”

Mr Blackshaw said this suggests that McNamara was ‘short of money’ and that he’d had an argument with ‘some kid’ and that he had threatened to shoot him in the head and steal his money.

Taylor then responded: “whos that? That young kid that tryna sell b and w?” In a further conversation, Taylor asks: “u gt any powder” to which McNamara replied: “is it 550 for alf”.

The prosecutor said this was a discussion about the availability of half