A drug dealer made nearly £20,000 by selling heroin through his letterbox.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that Roy Green had a number of ailments including a fear of leaving his home which meant he spent most of his time indoors.
However, he had a drug habit to feed and started selling heroin to a steady stream of visitors to his close who would exchange cash for drugs through the letterbox.
The 58-year-old dealer told police he was able to make £350 a week for a year without leaving his home.
Depute fiscal Gavin Letford said: “He was resident at 28a Watergate with his partner. Police received intelligence that the accused was involved in the supply of controlled drugs.
“He was dealing drugs through the letterbox and there were a number of customers at the door daily to buy heroin. A number of people were arrested nearby.”
One of the addicts arrested in the street said he had been visiting Green’s home every day for two months to purchase heroin.
Green, now of Feus Road, Perth, told the police he had been dealing drugs for months and would make around £100 every two days.
Solicitor Cliff Culley, defending, said: “He was supplying to pay for his own habit. He wasn’t living a life of luxury. He has a number of physical ailments.”
Mr Culley told the court that Green should not be jailed as being locked up could have a “detrimental effect” on his health.
Green, who admitted dealing heroin for a year until March 10 2014, was jailed for 33 months by Sheriff Fiona Tait.
She said: “I acknowledge the physical disabilities which you have.
“However, you have pled guilty to the supply of heroin over a period of one year.
“The court does not see it as a particularly mitigating factor that you were funding your own habit nor that you were supplying people you considered were already users.”