Leeds headlines 16 October: Wakefield drug dealer jailed for 27 months
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00:00 Three stories in brief, and a cocaine dealer who stored drugs at his Wakefield home which
00:06 he shared with his partner and children has been jailed. Baljeet Singh was arrested for
00:11 an unrelated matter in 2020 when police found almost 65 grams along with £4,000 in cash.
00:18 He has 32 previous convictions and has been jailed for two years and three months.
00:23 Next, Wakefield Coroner's Office is appealing for help in tracing any known relatives of
00:29 49-year-old Philip Quigley. He died on the 12th of October and lived at Parkstone Avenue
00:34 in Leeds.
00:36 And finally, hundreds of people stepped out in Otley on Saturday night for the Soo Rider
00:41 Starlight hike. Last year over 8,000 people were cared for by Soo Rider's hospice teams.
00:47 The £5k and £10k fundraisers will allow more specialist teams to provide care.
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