The middle-class couple who sold cocaine to their friends at social gatherings and made £13,000 - as they are told by judge "you are not special people"

A middle-class couple who sold cocaine to their friends have been jailed after a judge told them having good jobs did not make them 'special'.

Jordan Heeley, 31, and Alexandra Ditcham, 28, ran their drugs operation from an apartment in a Grade II listed building in Macclesfield, a court heard. They sold cocaine to their friends at social gatherings and made £13,000 profit in just ten weeks.

The couple were on course to make an extra £60,000 a year on top of their salaries before they were busted by police. Law firm worker Heeley and trainee social worker Ditcham were jailed by a judge at Chester Crown Court who said they could not be treated any differently because of their intelligence and 'fantastic references'.

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The court heard how police raided Heeley's property, in Brunswick Court, in April 2021 after being tipped off about 'drug activity' at the apartment. A Suzuki Alto car registered to the address was also suspected of being used in cocaine deals.

Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said: "Ditcham opened the door and screamed on seeing police entering and raised her hands in the air. Heeley was inside the flat by a kitchen worktop with empty snap bags and a digital scale.

"Police then recovered Heeley’s Samsung Galaxy mobile phone, Ditcham's iPhone 8, unused snap bags, scales, and a small quantity of cannabis in two containers under a TV unit which were pointed out by Mr Heeley.

"Both gave police the access PIN codes to their phones and it was found they had been used for dealing in cocaine, with drugs able to be delivered, dropped off, to customers, and occasionally drugs supplied on tick. There were also references to MDMA and cannabis usage but