Drug dealer caught on CCTV breaching court order
A convicted drug dealer from West Bridgford has been returned to prison after police CCTV surveillance captured him using three mobile phones in March 2025, in direct violation of a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) imposed upon his release from a 12-year sentence.
Michael Kinsella, 40, of Covert Road, was jailed for four months at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on June 23 after pleading guilty to failing to comply with the SCPO. The order, which began when he was freed in June 2025, explicitly prohibited him from owning, possessing, using or controlling more than one mobile phone at any time.
Background: 2023 drug conspiracy sentence
Kinsella was originally sentenced to 12 years and eight months in 2023 for his leading role in a drugs supply conspiracy that flooded Nottinghamshire and other areas with cocaine and heroin between November 2019 and April 2020. The class A drugs were purchased in bulk from high-level suppliers in northern and southern England and sold to local drug dealers.
Upon his release in June 2025, the SCPO imposed a five-year period of strict conditions, including restrictions on phone use, association with certain individuals, travel limitations, and requirements to report financial affairs to police.
Police monitoring leads to arrest
Nottinghamshire Police obtained CCTV footage from March 2025 showing Kinsella using three mobile phones, a clear breach of the order. He was promptly arrested and charged.
Detective Inspector Kayne Rukas of Nottinghamshire Police stated: "As a force we rigorously monitor offenders with serious crime prevention orders and will continue to pursue prosecutions when those orders are breached, as shown in this case."
He added: "These orders are imposed on individuals to prevent any potential reoffending from occurring, helping us to protect the public and to disrupt further serious criminal activity. They work by imposing various conditions on a person such as restricting who they associate with, limiting their travel and requiring them to report their financial affairs to the police."
Warning to other offenders
DI Rukas emphasised the force's commitment to monitoring released offenders: "We will continue to use all tools available to us to keep the public safe and to closely manage offenders, helping to prevent those convicted of serious offences continue their criminality when they come out of prison. This case should serve as a warning to others. We will actively monitor all those who are subject to such orders, like Kinsella, and they will stay on our radar even after they are released from jail. Those who fail to follow the conditions set out will be met with robust action and brought before the courts."
The four-month sentence reflects the seriousness with which the courts view breaches of SCPOs, which are designed to disrupt and prevent serious criminal activity by imposing stringent conditions on high-risk offenders after their release.
