Trial date set for drug dealer Curtis Warren over alleged order breach

Curtis Warren was charged in November

A trial date has been set for a convicted drug dealer charged with breaching a crime order.

Curtis Warren, 60, who was arrested by the National Crime Agency in July and charged in November, has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.

He is charged with 11 counts of failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order after his release from prison in 2022.

No pleas were entered and a trial date was set for 12 August.

Warren, of Widnes, Cheshire, is accused of failing to notify the authorities of a change of communication device, of his use of credit cards, that he had set up a business, the true nature of that business and of his application for a passport.

He is alleged to have breached the order by having more than £1,000 in his possession and failing to declare his income.

He is also charged with breaches by failing to notify the authorities he had access to multiple vehicles, of his travel arrangements while out of the UK, that he was away from his home address for more than 24 hours and that he changed his home address.

He was released on bail ahead of a further hearing on 3 June.

The trial is expected to last two weeks.