A BUDDING policewoman who was caught helping her drug dealer boyfriend sell cocaine and Ecstasy at a top music festival has escaped jail after revealing she is now pregnant with his child.
Carly Fay, 25, acted as a ”conduit” between Dylan Neilson and one of his customers after he smuggled a haul of drugs into Creamfields in Daresbury, Cheshire to sell to fellow revellers.
During the festival, Fay – who had career ambitions to join the Metropolitan Police – fielded a series of messages from another woman known only as Emily asking how much Nelison charged for cocaine.
She quoted a price of £50 for half a gram and discounted fee of £80 for a gram and when asked if Neilson could provide Emily with credit, she added: ‘He won’t do tick.’
Fay and Neilson who travelled 230 miles to the festival from their homes in Glasgow were detained after security staff spotted him acting suspiciously and went to speak to him.
Neilson, 29, from the Coatbridge area of the Scottish city tried to make a run for it but was rugby tackled to the floor and was found to have 15 bags of cocaine, 324 ecstasy tablets, and 4.23 grams of broken ecstasy tablets. Altogether, £13,000 in cash was recovered.
Fay, who lives in the Craigend area of Glasgow, led staff to the couple’s tent at the festival site where further MDMA was seized.
She denied supplying drugs to anyone herself but the incriminating messages were found on her phone.
At Chester Crown Court, Fay faced two years jail under sentencing guidelines after she pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and MDMA but she was freed with 18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
Neilson who has previous drug offences on his record was jailed for 30 months after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and MDMA and also to possession of criminal property.
The couple have since split up although Fay is now expecting his child. The court heard Neilson offered to do more jail time so she could walk free.
The incident took place on August 28 2022 when Creamfields staff spotted Neilson and Fay and asked him to to accompany them to a response truck due to his ‘suspicious behaviour.’
Mr Paulinus Barnes, prosecuting said: ”He suddenly became anxious and attempted to run away but was taken to the floor by a security guard.
“During that struggle three smartphones fell to the floor and they were seized. Miss Fay grabbed one of them.
“Neilson then said that he had pills and cash on him and admitted that he was dealing drugs.
“He said he was in a lot of debt. He was taken to the eviction gate and handed over to police.
“A bag was seized containing pills and cash. It contained just over £10,000 in cash.
“There were nine bags containing a total of 6.58 grams of cocaine. There was 4.23 grams of broken MDMA tablets and 322 individual MDMA tablets.
“Also seized were the three mobile phones. Carly Fay directed the officers to the tent where the couple had been staying where they recovered two MDMA tablets and multiple wraps of white powder.
“They were later found to be five bags containing 3.52 grams of cocaine and a bag containing 0.81 grams of cocaine.
“As they returned to the North gate PC Annis searched a large black bag stated to be Neilson’s bag and on the side wall was a small pocket which contained a black passport belonging to Fay.
“PC Annis located a wallet that contained £2,270 and a bank card that belonged to Neilson.
“The total cash seized was later counted and amounted to £12,999. Of this £6,895 was in Scottish bank notes.
“Police were later able to attribute one of the phones to Carly Fay and it was found to contain messages relating to the supply of drugs.
“There were a number of incoming messages from a female who identifies herself as Emily on August 25 and August 26.
“The messages indicate that the contact was asking the user of this phone if they could arrange for drugs to be supplied. A price is quoted of £50 for half a gram of cocaine and £80 for a gram.
“The contact asks if the supplier could provide them with ‘tick’, to which the reply is ‘He won’t do tick.’ In total 15 bags of cocaine were seized by the police.
”The value of drugs at Creamfields is inflated because of the difficulty people have to get drugs in and these bags had a potential value of up to £50 each.
“The potential value of the MDMA was £3,240.”
When quizzed Fay said she had attended Creamfields with Neilson but had no knowledge or involvement in the supply of any drugs.
She said Neilson’s friend ‘Lewis’ had travelled with them.
During her intervew Fay said she has Crohn’s Disease and would often stay at the campsite while he went off with Lewis and friends they met up with.
She accepted that she acted as a ”conduit” between her boyfriend and Emily.
Neilson who had a previous conviction from 2015 for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs, admitted selling pills within Creamfields to pay off a long standing drugs debt but then gave no comment to further questions asked.
In mitigation for Fay, defence counsel Miss Kate Morley said: “Prior to this offence she had not been involved in crime in any way shape or form.
“She had led an unblemished life and made a positive contribution to society. She was raised in a hard working decent family who instilled in her good morals and a sense of decency.
“She never used drugs, she is university educated, she worked full-time, and had ambitions to pursue a career in the police. She attended the festival as his partner and as a lover of music. She was adamant that she never personally supplied drugs.
“When there was a request to lead the authorities to their tent that is what she did. If she had full awareness of what was going on and that drugs would be found in the tent, a cynical individual would never have taken the authorities to their tent when there would have been hundreds of tents around.
”It is clear she was answering questions on behalf of Mr Neilson but it was just one other female – not a vast number of people.
“The relationship between them is now over. Miss Fay gives a description of the toxic relationship and how she felt in the relationship.
“She considered that the balance of power was heavily in favour of Mr Neilson.
“While she does not say that Mr Neilsen forced her or threatened her to assist in the supply of drugs, such was the nature of the relationship there was a subtle pressure to assist him.
“Her life has been turned upside down and her career is in tatters.
“She has suffered the emotional burden of bringing shame on her family members. She is currently nearly four months pregnant and has been described as having a high risk pregnancy.
“Prison would have a significant detrimental impact on her physical and mental health. It would be unfair to assess her the same as Mr Neilson.
“If Mr Neilson is a significant role she is a lesser role.”
For railway worker Neilson, Miss Helen Chenery said: ” He does not take any issue with the basis of the plea submitted on behalf of Miss Fay.
“They are no longer in a relationship, they split up a few months ago and she is pregnant with his child.
“He is extremely concerned that she be allowed her liberty. He did ask that if there was a trade-off, he would serve longer in prison so that she does not have to.
“He carries great guilt for involving Miss Fay in these offences. He had a certain amount of pressure on him to pay a debt.
Fay was also fined £750. She and Neilson will face a Proceeds of Crime application later.
Sentencing the judge Mr Recorder Anthony O’Donohoe said: ”These cases are always aggravated by the fact that there are clear warnings and deter those carrying drugs.
“There are amnesty bins and everything is designed to stop the use and abuse of prohibited drugs.”
He told Fay: “You are considered as having a high risk pregnancy and the fact you decided to behave in this way has ruined your prospects of a career in the police force.
“I have given your case anxious consideration and by the skin of your teeth you avoid going to immediate prison today.”
