Oxfordshire crack cocaine dealer handed prison sentence

Joshua Holmes was sentenced to 23 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday, March 19.

The 27-year-old from Macarthur Road in Sandwell (part of Birmingham) had previously been found guilty of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine after an offence in Abingdon.

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In addition, the court ordered him to do 6 days rehabilitation and a set amount of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to forfeit drugs and phones, which were destroyed, and £50 in cash, and a standard victim surcharge was applied.

Holmes was not the only person to be sentenced last week.

Joshua Holmes (Image: TVP)

On Monday, March 16, Laurence Whittaker, of Cowley Road, Oxford, was sentenced to a combined eight years at Oxford Crown Court.

He received two prison sentences to run consecutively for his actions on January 10, 2025, with six years given for the section 18 wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm against Lindsay Webber, his former partner’s mother.

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For the assault occasioning actual bodily harm against former partner, Jessica Clements, he received two years.

The court issued restraining orders for 10 years on him for both women.

In her sentencing, the judge said to Mr Whittaker: “What is clear is what you did to them that night has permeated all aspects of their lives.”