A DRUG dealer could not give evidence because he had not been given his medication, a judge told a jury.

The trial of Kane Ingram and Asgar Khalfe was delayed after it was revealed that Ingram had not been given his medication and could not continue in the witness box. The 21-year-old, of Saddlers Walk, Worcester, had been part way through cross-examination, conducted by prosecutor Steven Bailey.

Both Ingram and Khalfe, 35, previously of Townley Gardens, Aston, Birmingham, admit conspiring to supply crack cocaine and heroin in Worcester but deny a conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm to Luke Bridger.

Mr Bridger has been described by the prosecution as a rival dealer to Khalfe. The prosecution say Mr Bridger was targeted because he intended to take over Khalfe’s Worcester drug dealing business. Mr Bridger’s home in Carlisle Road, Ronkswood, was attacked on August 30, 2017. Tommy Lee Jauncey, 23, and Scott Fewtrell, 28, have already admitted conspiring to assault Mr Bridger.

Fewtrell fired a crossbow at the house and Jauncey a blank firing pistol. Their driver on the day, Jake Cox, 28, has admitted the drugs conspiracies and conspiracy to assault Mr Bridger.

Judge Nicolas Cartwright sent the jury home for the weekend on Friday morning but the panel of 12 women is expected to return this morning. Judge Cartwright said: “I’m sorry about this. The trial has been beset by a few hiccups and here is another one.

“Mr Ingram is on medication. I’m told that he hasn’t got it through no fault of his own. Plainly it would not be fair in those circumstances to proceed with his evidence if he wants to give his best. Lack of medication stands in the way of that.”

He added: “I will do what I can to make sure things are put right.”

The trial continues.