A drug addict desperate to change his life for the better walked into a police station carrying 48 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin so he would be sent back to prison.

David Fisher handed over the Class A drugs in a bid to trigger his recall to jail because he felt he was not receiving the support he needed from the Probation Service.

The 46-year-old, who has an art diploma, had not long been a free man having been released part-way through a four-and-a-half-year sentence for drug-dealing in 2022.

As he was out on licence, with strict conditions not to reoffend, his drastic actions had the desired effect and he was recalled to prison to see out the remainder of his sentence behind bars.

Folkestone magistrates were told Fisher was arrested after walking into the town’s police station in November last year and handing over 17 wraps of crack cocaine and 31 wraps of heroin to staff at the front counter.

Prosecutor Neil Sweeney told the court: “He’s now been recalled and will be in custody until November 2026, so he got his wish.”

Debbie Pizzey, defending, said it was an unusual case.

“He tried to change his life around after he was released from prison but didn’t feel he was quite getting the support he wanted from probation,” she said.

“There was too much pressure [on the outside] and he told me he wanted to be recalled.

“It was a brave move to walk into the police station and get recalled.

“He’s got an impressive mantra to work in custody. He has a talent for art and has been involved in doing 20 murals in prison. He is motivated to change.”

Fisher, who also has a previous conviction for slashing a security guard with a knife at a Folkestone supermarket, appeared in court via videolink on March 21 and admitted two counts of possessing Class A drugs.

Sentencing him, magistrates recognised how uncommon the case was and also touched on the pressures facing the Probation Service.

They jailed Fisher for 120 days for each offence, to run at the same time as the sentence he is currently serving, meaning his stay in prison will not be extended beyond November this year.

The bench also ordered the drugs to be destroyed.