By
Cristiana Theodoli, @_cric_
The uncle of a man
accused of dealing cocaine told a court he uses his nephew's plumbing
skills on one in three jobs.
Alan Carberry, 44,
was giving evidence at the trial of Ryan Daly, who is accused of
being concerned in the supply of the class A drug from his parents'
Bishopbriggs home.
Mr Carberry, of
Highfield Drive, in the Kelvindale area of Glasgow, told the court he
has been in the building contractors' industry for almost three
decades.
He said: “I have
been in the industry for 28 years, I have been operating as a
joiner/builder for 20 years, my company, Rise Constructions, has six
employees.”
He added that he
also contracts out particular jobs when the workload requires him to
do so.
Appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court today he told the jury that Ryan,
28, worked for him on one in of three plumbing jobs.
He said:
“Depending on what work he has on too and if he's available. He
does the gas work, we keep that separate as shouldn't be doing gas
work, we are not a gas safe registered company but he is, so we keep
the work separate.”
On being asked by
Fiscal Depute Iain Bradley if he just gives the job to Ryan because
of he's family Mr Carberry answered: “No, he has to compete with
the other guys.”
Daly, the son of
Carberry's sister Marie Daly, was charged with being concerned in the
supply of cocaine after a raid by Strathclyde Police officers at
their home.
The court had
earlier heard the cops found items that, in their experience, they
associate with dealing such as a small set of scales and lists of
names and digits known as 'tick lists' as well as £100 worth of the
white powdered drug.
They also found
£29.000 in cash stored in a cash box in Ryan's room though both his
mother and father, 54-year-old taxi driver John Daly, stated in court
that just over half the money, £15.000, was cash they had saved and
earmarked for building an extension at their home.
At the end of Mr
Carberry's evidence Daly's agent, Murray Macara, stated that was the
end of the defence case.
The trial was then
adjourned and it will continue before Sheriff Kenneth
Mitchell on Monday with the lawyers' closing speeches and the
sheriff's charge.
Read
previous reports:
Plumber tells court he does not have drug debt with the accused
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