Reading Magistrates’ Court: Newbury man accused of cocaine dealing

A MAN has been sent to the Crown Court accused of dealing in Class A-controlled drugs.

In the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, May 10, was John McKinnon.

The 25-year-old, of Bodin Gardens, Newbury, is charged with having a quantity of cocaine with intent to supply it in Newbury on June 19, 2021.

Mr McKinnon, who was legally represented by Adonis Daniel, spoke only to confirm his details.

Magistrates told him the case could progress no further that day and that they were sending it to Reading Crown Court to be dealt with by a judge and, in the case of a trial, by a jury.

Mr McKinnon was meanwhile released on unconditional bail.