He had been away from the island for 10-days in Jersey and Belfast, with White admitting he had consumed cocaine in the latter location, but he denied possession or internal concealment of drugs.  

Later at the hospital he admitted he had 60 grams of cocaine between two packages stuffed inside of him.  

He declined to give his mobile phone pin code on two occasions to the authorities and the device was seized.  

In interview White told police the drugs were for his personal use and had nothing additional to say.  

Analysts subsequently confirmed the substance was cocaine and found the total to be 63.7 grams.  

Pictured: Cocaine is a Class A drug.

White’s Advocate, Chris Green, said there was no evidence of drug dealing after investigators cracked into his phone, and his position that the drugs were his alone was “realistic and frank”.  

Advocate Green said his client had experienced a “downward spiral” around the time of the offences after being “wrongly accused weeks before of a serious sexual allegation” which was “devastating” for his mental health.  

While on bail for that allegation he was consistently consuming alcohol and up to three grams of cocaine per day and was intoxicated when he decided to buy the drugs for importation, he said.

Advocate Green noted that White had no substantial record of drug offences, and his overall record was “by no means the worst” to come before the court, while character references spoke of his hardworking and caring nature.  

White had wanted to maintain his privacy by not granting access to his phone rather than to conceal evidence as he was adamant there was no evidence on it, it was added. 

“His remorse and apology is genuine.” 

Judge Russell Finch, sentencing, gave a starting point of nine to 12 years for the importation, and a two-year starting point the RIPL offence. 

Internal concealment was an aggravating factor, and he said the quantity “cannot be treated as just for personal use” as it exceeded supply for a few days.  

Judge Finch said White had a high likelihood of reoffending and had “run up a poor record in Guernsey”.

“It can hardly be said you’re an asset to community."

Drugs also represented an “appalling and serious threat to the way of life” in the island, and he sentenced him to eight years in prison for the importation, and a consecutive six months for the pin code offence to run from when he was first remanded in custody.

The forfeiture and destruction of the drugs was also ordered.