A well-known criminal has been jailed for nearly four years after blowing a £50,000 Covid bounceback loan all on drugs before being arrested in a high-speed car chase.
Serial crook Louis Maxwell, 35, claimed the money through Rishi Sunak's Covid Bounceback scheme to help his tow-truck business survive through lockdown.
Maxwell, who was described in court as having an 'extreme' crack cocaine addiction, used less than half of the money to buy a new truck for £22,000 and spent the rest on Class A drugs.
He later sold the truck and used cash from the sale to buy more drugs. As you do.
His barrister Karl Williams described as 'the most extreme addiction to crack cocaine that I've ever come across'.
He told Cardiff Crown Court: 'The £50,000 government loan was spent on drugs.'
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Serial crook Louis Maxwell, 35, claimed the money through Rishi Sunak's Covid Bounceback scheme to help his tow-truck business survive through lockdown.
Maxwell, who was described in court as having an 'extreme' crack cocaine addiction, used less than half of the money to buy a new truck for £22,000 and spent the rest on Class A drugs.
He later sold the truck and used cash from the sale to buy more drugs. As you do.
His barrister Karl Williams described as 'the most extreme addiction to crack cocaine that I've ever come across'.
He told Cardiff Crown Court: 'The £50,000 government loan was spent on drugs.'

Criminal with crack cocaine addiction blew £50k Covid loan on drugs
Well-known criminal Louis Maxwell (pictured), 35, from Gwent, was given a £50,000 government-backed Bounceback loan - and blew it all on drugs before being arrested in a high-speed car chase.